Over the past few years there has been a debate on whether college athletes should be paid as if they were professional athletes. A college athlete is defined as an amateur athlete that is not paid in salary, but provided with a scholarship. Although college athletes are some of the most well known athletes in the nation, they still do not receive money for their performances. Due to the fact these players are in college, they should not be paid to play the sport they are gifted with. The reasons why are because colleges are already providing student athletes with a scholarship to play, they are students first and athletes second, and lastly, it would be unfair to those that are not athletes. .
When a student-athlete is awarded with scholarship money in college, they are usually given a free ride, free room and board, or free tuition. Some athletes do not realize how much this really means. Some young men and women have to scrounge up money just to get one year of college, and then they have no idea how they are going to get back the next year. According to website "Pay College Athletes? They're Already Paid Up To $125,000 Per Year," Dorfman mentions "Using these valuations, and adding in the value of a scholarship, a student athlete at a major conference school on full scholarship is likely receiving a package of education, room, board, and coaching/training worth between $50,000 and $125,000 per year depending on their sport and whether they attend a public or private university" (Dorfman 1). This is clear proof that college athletes all receive some sort of compensation for their efforts as an athlete. No athlete receiving this much in training and educational resources deserves extra pay on the side.
What most people forget about college athletes is that they are student athletes. Student comes first before athlete. In college, they are just like everyone else, regardless if you play a sport or not.
Paying college athletes Pay College Athletes Sports have always been one of American's favorite pastimes. ... There are many benefits to paying college athletes. ... Something needs to change in the rulebooks regarding the absurd rules. ... College athletes should be paid part of what the college is pulling in. ... Shouldn't colleges pay those who bring in their money? ...
John Gerdy believes that this is equivalent to pay for play, considering them a professional athlete already. ... Athletic scholarships are looked at as pay for play in some people's eyes. ... "Working too hard to generate revenue somehow taints the purity of college sports." which saying everything from the athletes, to recruiters and coaches are working just as hard a professional team. ... So they use the education they received after college. ... I agree that getting in fights over a little league game is very absurd, but there is a big difference between that and pushing your child ...
College athletes are being robbed under the disguise of being amateurs. ... In addition, most universities do not make money on sports, so it is not in the budget to pay the athletes. most college sports are not particularly profitable, and in fact, many operate at a loss. ... Moreover, college athletes should not be paid is because it would put more of a financial burden on colleges and universities Most college programs do not make any money off of sports. ... The schools are already putting so much money into the athletes through education and material goods that paying them a wage is absur...
Also, they also spend it to pay their professors and instructors to provide proper education, to conduct research and to maintain their campus and its facilities. ... "The average tuition cost at for-profit colleges is $31,000 after grants vs. $26,600 for non-profit colleges" (" All Colleges Are Not Created Equal" 1). And this is due to the ambition that for-profit colleges emit in which they strive to lure students, especially those with low income to qualify for "financial aid" by taking large amounts of loans in which ultimately becomes impossible to pay back. ...
The more exciting and useful the player, the higher they are going to get payed. ... The focus of these athlete has been on their sport therefore missing out on other opportunities such as a college education. ... Being a movie stars is another type of job where some make absurd amounts of money for doing what they do best. ... This is very true and in comparison athletes are being criticized for their high pay cheque while the big stores like Wal Mart are getting away with the murder of small town shops. ... A high percent of every pay cheque goes straight to charities and isn"t even seen ...
Now needless to say I am not the lead bass player for a world famous band, and I am not rocking out across the nation selling out arenas, but that is okay I came to a point in my life where life got real and I needed to get a job to pay some bills. ... Therefore life shook me down and had me decide on a path that was going to make some money, and I decided to go to college in hopes that at the end of these four years I could land a job where money is hopefully a certainty. Looking back at this I find it pretty absurd that we live in a world where people cannot pursue their true dreams and aspi...
All athletes who love and have a passion for sports know the feeling of how sports affect their lives positively and negatively. ... You will have the opportunity to play and go to school at the same time on a free scholarship so all you will have to pay for is food and clothes because everything else is covered. ... Making such a comment is an absurdity. ... The film jumps to their teenage years in high school, Quincy is a star with college scouts and the honeys after him while Monica is a star too but not nearly as much attention as Q. ... They both went to college on a basketball scholarshi...
