Should College Athletes Get Paid

Should college athletes get paid more money? There has been a constant debate the past few years on whether college athletes, particularly football players, should get paid. In 1988, the Nebraska legislature passed a bill that would allow the University of Nebraska football players to receive better cash incentives. The bill was later vetoed by Governor Kay Orr, who was governor of Nebraska at the time (O'Toole etal. 2). . The dispute comes from coaches, parents of the players, and the players themselves arguing that universities make money off their own athletes and the athletes, in turn, do not receive any money from that. Many NCAA officials disagree stating their case that college athletes already receive enough money through scholarships and other financial aids, such as Pell Grants and other government aids. Although there are many positive sides to each story, the following paragraphs will examine why college athletes should be paid. Even though the 1988 Nebraska legislative bill was vetoed, Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers is still fighting for his Cornhusker football players saying they should be paid more. Chambers has said to the NPR, "They are unpaid workers and in big-time college athletics, not just football, there are no amateurs. Whenever you get something of value for performing athletically, you're
One is philosophical. It's not the model of intercollegiate athletics. Second, it's impractical. They're basically talking, I think, about paying football players. I don't think that's going to stand the test of a court challenge from students who play basketball or students who play baseball or students in the tennis program"(O'Toole etal. 2). With unfairness to other students, they would file lawsuits because of failure to receive the same type of incentives from the