Summary: Should College Athletes Be Paid
Jackson Cooper
11-11-14
5th period Shirley
The biggest question circulating in college sports right now is the controversial topic that ask, “Should college athletes be paid?” In August, a federal judge decided that players in top college football and men’s basketball programs- the big-money sports- are entitled to receive payment if their “names, images, and likenesses” are used in video games or TV broadcasts, according to Veronica Majerol, author of the article “Should College Athletes Be Paid”. It is a subject that has been around for a long period of time, and is now receiving light on the matter. The problem with this is where would the funds come from? Also, paying athletes would take away the fact that they play for the love of the …show more content…
This means that only 14 colleges in the U.S. are making a profit every year, without the need for financial aid from the money off of student fees, or direct money from the University itself. In text 3 paragraph 5, it says, “… OSU (Ohio State University) needs over $22 million from the booster club, interest off their endowment and royalty fees in order to balance the budget. This is one of America’s major universities, and they cannot afford to support their own programs without relying on direct payment, how can they afford to pay athletes in their sports? In retrospect, the money is there, but it is not there for the sole purpose to pay collegiate …show more content…
Text 3 Paragraph 9 “What about a school like Western Kentucky… Takes $8.2 million to balance their budget.” Any smaller school in the Division 1 part of the NCAA is no doubt a large money school. But that doesn’t mean that universities such as Florida, Alabama, Oregon, or Nebraska don’t have a better shot at recruiting athletes to come play for them, due to a larger amount of payment. Text 3 page 2 paragraph 5 “Playing for Florida is going to give you greater opportunity to make more off merchandize than playing for Western Michigan.” Obviously if you play at a higher school, your products will be better known and bought. But the athlete that puts in the same amount of work as the athlete getting paid more and less work is not
11-11-14
5th period Shirley
The biggest question circulating in college sports right now is the controversial topic that ask, “Should college athletes be paid?” In August, a federal judge decided that players in top college football and men’s basketball programs- the big-money sports- are entitled to receive payment if their “names, images, and likenesses” are used in video games or TV broadcasts, according to Veronica Majerol, author of the article “Should College Athletes Be Paid”. It is a subject that has been around for a long period of time, and is now receiving light on the matter. The problem with this is where would the funds come from? Also, paying athletes would take away the fact that they play for the love of the …show more content…
This means that only 14 colleges in the U.S. are making a profit every year, without the need for financial aid from the money off of student fees, or direct money from the University itself. In text 3 paragraph 5, it says, “… OSU (Ohio State University) needs over $22 million from the booster club, interest off their endowment and royalty fees in order to balance the budget. This is one of America’s major universities, and they cannot afford to support their own programs without relying on direct payment, how can they afford to pay athletes in their sports? In retrospect, the money is there, but it is not there for the sole purpose to pay collegiate …show more content…
Text 3 Paragraph 9 “What about a school like Western Kentucky… Takes $8.2 million to balance their budget.” Any smaller school in the Division 1 part of the NCAA is no doubt a large money school. But that doesn’t mean that universities such as Florida, Alabama, Oregon, or Nebraska don’t have a better shot at recruiting athletes to come play for them, due to a larger amount of payment. Text 3 page 2 paragraph 5 “Playing for Florida is going to give you greater opportunity to make more off merchandize than playing for Western Michigan.” Obviously if you play at a higher school, your products will be better known and bought. But the athlete that puts in the same amount of work as the athlete getting paid more and less work is not