College Athletes Should Be Paid
Pay For Play
Since athletes bring millions of dollars into their colleges every year, universities should compensate their athletes. College athletes today put in as much time as someone with a full time job.
Ramog Huma, a Korean College athlete and president of the National College Players Association says “college athletes are just like all other hard www.scholastic working Americans’, they should receive a fair days pay for a fair days work” (sic)(Rebeca Zisscu np.) College athletes often work 40 hours a week practicing, training, and competing. This does not include their time at school and their housing unit doing college work. To put this in perspective, a typical day for a college athlete is just like a full time job. They …show more content…
“Athletic departments in colleges nationwide generate massive revenue and depend on the success of their athletes for income. For example, the Southeastern Conference became the first conference in 2010 to earn over $1 billion in athletic receipts, Taylor Branch wrote in The Atlantic last year. The Big Ten was a close second with earnings close to $905 million, he wrote” (Rebecca Barry n.p.). Opposers of paying college athletes always seem to complain “Athletes are already on scholarships, they don’t need to get paid “when in fact scholarships exceeding $20,000 may seem like a lot but in reality it only covers tuition, housing, a meal plan, and textbooks (Tyson Hartnett n.p.). No matter what type of scholarship college athletes are normally dead broke. But top NCAA executives make 1 million dollars a year; coaches on average make $100,000 a year plus bonuses for wins, records, etc. (Tyson Hartnett n.p.). Opposers also say “It is unfair to students who are paying tuition and don’t get paid to go there, for athletes to get scholarships and to get paid to go there”(Anna Simmons n.p.). When in fact the non-athletes are not bringing in money to the school like the athletes are. Universities bring in millions of dollars every year with their athletic programs through donations, ticket sales, media rights, advertising, ect. Colleges make all this money, yet most of it is not used for the benefit of the college athletes (21 Reasons
Since athletes bring millions of dollars into their colleges every year, universities should compensate their athletes. College athletes today put in as much time as someone with a full time job.
Ramog Huma, a Korean College athlete and president of the National College Players Association says “college athletes are just like all other hard www.scholastic working Americans’, they should receive a fair days pay for a fair days work” (sic)(Rebeca Zisscu np.) College athletes often work 40 hours a week practicing, training, and competing. This does not include their time at school and their housing unit doing college work. To put this in perspective, a typical day for a college athlete is just like a full time job. They …show more content…
“Athletic departments in colleges nationwide generate massive revenue and depend on the success of their athletes for income. For example, the Southeastern Conference became the first conference in 2010 to earn over $1 billion in athletic receipts, Taylor Branch wrote in The Atlantic last year. The Big Ten was a close second with earnings close to $905 million, he wrote” (Rebecca Barry n.p.). Opposers of paying college athletes always seem to complain “Athletes are already on scholarships, they don’t need to get paid “when in fact scholarships exceeding $20,000 may seem like a lot but in reality it only covers tuition, housing, a meal plan, and textbooks (Tyson Hartnett n.p.). No matter what type of scholarship college athletes are normally dead broke. But top NCAA executives make 1 million dollars a year; coaches on average make $100,000 a year plus bonuses for wins, records, etc. (Tyson Hartnett n.p.). Opposers also say “It is unfair to students who are paying tuition and don’t get paid to go there, for athletes to get scholarships and to get paid to go there”(Anna Simmons n.p.). When in fact the non-athletes are not bringing in money to the school like the athletes are. Universities bring in millions of dollars every year with their athletic programs through donations, ticket sales, media rights, advertising, ect. Colleges make all this money, yet most of it is not used for the benefit of the college athletes (21 Reasons