Student Athletes Should Be Paid

Being a student athlete should be a privilege, a reward; it should always come second, after the students’ education. It seems that student athletes get special treatments, getting away with having low grades, having an extended time to do assignments, or even being excused from them. There needs to be a more strict policy in order to be on a high school sports team and to play in games. After all, high schools do not require students to participate in team or individual sports.
Most high school students take an average of six classes per year. Having all B’s will result in an 3.0 GPA–and there is still many more grade arrangements to have a 3.0 GPA or higher. In the Clark County School District in Nevada, the GPA requirement to be allowed to play sports is a minimum of 2.0, which would be straight C’s
They should be tested every other week or at least once a month. Some might argue that it is an invasion of privacy, but in reality they are just afraid of being caught for doing illegal activities. For one, the consumption of alcohol is illegal for minors, and all high school students are underage. Secondly, athletes represent the school they play for; they don’t want to be known as the guy or girl that got blacked out drunk the Sunday before the game. And last but not least, taking drugs can have an immense negative impact on the student's health. According to the infograph–How Drugs Affect Sport Performance–on Richard L. Worsnop article it states that although Amphetamines can, “[h]eighten alertness and postpones onset of fatigue,” it can result in long term consequences like, “[f]eelings of anxiety and restlessness, accompanied by rapid heartbeat and breathing; [and] risk of addiction.” Many drugs taken have similar effects on the body, it enhances the athletes performances, they recover faster, and even let them gain muscle mass,