Should College Athletes Get Paid?
Pay Day!
When I look at today’s college athletes as compared to the ones a hundred years ago there are some things that I noticed are different. First off I noticed today all the popularity and all the stardom that comes with being a high level collegiate athlete. Second I saw that most college athletes were not receiving a scholarship to play collegiate level sports. Thirdly I saw that there was not as much pressure to perform a hundred years ago. The big reason that all the fame and pressure have amped up over the last 100 years is because of the media. Now if you look at today’s college sports you see eighteen-year-old kids becoming superstars and having a whole nation watching them and either supporting or hating them. You see kids not even twenty-one years old going pro and making millions of dollars. There has now become this “gray area” with collegiate level athletes and if they should be paid or not. Collegiate athletes should receive compensation for participation in collegiate level athletics.
Over the past few years there has been much debate on if college athletes should get paid or not. The big argument for not paying them is that they are already receiving a scholarship to go to school. They are already receiving thousands of dollars to get a collegiate level education and they still get to play the sport they love. Another argument is that they are in college they have the easy road to make it to the professional level and to make the millions of dollars. They get access to high level training equipment and professional trainers to get them to perform at the top of their game. People have said that colleges should be used strictly for academic purposes only. Jordan Weissmann is one of many people that think having college athletics hurts the university. He states in an article he wrote in The Atlantic, “Everything we think we know about college football's impact on students' grades, graduation rates, rankings, and school finances adds up to
When I look at today’s college athletes as compared to the ones a hundred years ago there are some things that I noticed are different. First off I noticed today all the popularity and all the stardom that comes with being a high level collegiate athlete. Second I saw that most college athletes were not receiving a scholarship to play collegiate level sports. Thirdly I saw that there was not as much pressure to perform a hundred years ago. The big reason that all the fame and pressure have amped up over the last 100 years is because of the media. Now if you look at today’s college sports you see eighteen-year-old kids becoming superstars and having a whole nation watching them and either supporting or hating them. You see kids not even twenty-one years old going pro and making millions of dollars. There has now become this “gray area” with collegiate level athletes and if they should be paid or not. Collegiate athletes should receive compensation for participation in collegiate level athletics.
Over the past few years there has been much debate on if college athletes should get paid or not. The big argument for not paying them is that they are already receiving a scholarship to go to school. They are already receiving thousands of dollars to get a collegiate level education and they still get to play the sport they love. Another argument is that they are in college they have the easy road to make it to the professional level and to make the millions of dollars. They get access to high level training equipment and professional trainers to get them to perform at the top of their game. People have said that colleges should be used strictly for academic purposes only. Jordan Weissmann is one of many people that think having college athletics hurts the university. He states in an article he wrote in The Atlantic, “Everything we think we know about college football's impact on students' grades, graduation rates, rankings, and school finances adds up to