College Athletes Should Get Paid
David Young
Northwest Christian High School
English 7-8
Dr. Yoder
February 25, 2022
Abstract
College athletes have been taken advantage of for what they can do athletically, and they are being used for others’ gain. College athletes deserve to be paid for their hard work and the entertainment they provide. Others, however, would argue that they are already being paid and do not deserve anymore pay. There are plenty of Bible verses that support that reward comes with hard work. Without a doubt, athletes have earned the right to pay to support themselves and their families.
College Athletes Should Get Paid
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The NCAA does not require any school to pay for an athlete's sports related injury, and it comes out of the pockets of the athletes (NCPA, 2008). This is unfair for the athletes because they got injured for participating in their sport activity. The universities could strip them away from their scholarship because of an injury and they would still have to pay for medical attention. Student athletes do not get workers compensation like everyone else, they just lose money and sometimes their source to pay for college. The NCAA has taken the term student athlete and flipped it around, and they have highly encouraged students to be athletes first and students second (Porto, 2008). The athletes are expected to show off their talents whenever they are called upon, and put their whole focus on their sport they are playing. This is exactly why they deserve to be paid because of their dedication they have put into their game, and how they have been expected to drop their future academic careers for their now athletic careers. The NCAA has put huge expectations on athletes, yet they have not provided the athletes with protective resources for their dedication, like medical …show more content…
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College Varsity Athletes Should be Paid In this paper, I argue that college varsity athletes should be paid for playing sports that bring in revenue. In particular, College football and basketball because they bring in the majority of the revenue for the schools. The revenue accomplished by college sports programs continues to increase, due to the growth in interest of the NCAA basketball tournament and the college football playoffs (Berry III, Page 270). Throughout the past few years, one of the main topics debated in college sports is whether or not the athletes should be paid.
Ryan Vanderfords’ article published in the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal explores this issue of whether or not college athletes should be paid beyond what they receive in scholarships. Vanderford is currently a law associate at a law firm in Los Angeles, California. He played sports throughout high school and college, so the author can relate to this topic. The payment of college athletes has become a more prominent issue in today’s society then it has been in the past. He argues that at major universities, student athletes help the school generate their revenue and therefore should be paid.
Leo Kaplan Ms. Skemp-Cook Academic Writing 8 May 2023 The Case For Paying College Athletes College athletes are not receiving the respect they deserve. They work day after day putting in the effort to contend for division championships and earn their team money but in the process, they are not being compensated in return. With schools collecting tons of revenue every year, college programs should have no problem paying athletes. For example, the Department of Education has stated that in 2019, college athletic programs earned $14 billion, which was a major increase from $4 billion in 2003 (Drozdowski).
They spend countless hours practicing, traveling, and competing, all while trying to balance their academics. Many of them come from low-income backgrounds and could use the money to support themselves and their families. Additionally, college sports generate a lot of revenue for universities, and it seems unfair that the athletes who are actually responsible for producing that revenue don't see any of it. However, there are some arguments against paying student athletes.
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Over the past few years, the idea of paying college athletes has been a very hot and sought after topic to talk about. Many people desire and strive to one day be good enough at a sport that they can get a scholarship to continue their athletic careers. There has been many questions circulating in regards to if collegiate athletes should be paid to play for universities. Gaining an education and degree for cheaper than everyone else attending college should be more than enough to keep athletes playing for colleges. College athletes should not be paid to play their sport.
– The Current.” The student newspaper of Ossining High School, 11 January 2019, https://ohscurrent.org/archive/opinions-archive/2019/01/11/should-ncaa-athletes-be-paid/. Accessed 12 January 2023. “Why College Athletes Should Be Paid.” YouTube, 5 January 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-UBmhEL438. Accessed 12 January
College athletes put in a lot of time, effort, and work into the sport they’ve played since they were young, but they aren’t getting paid for it. These student athletes deserve to be paid because they put in countless hours of hard work and balance sports with school work. The first reason athletes in college do deserve to be compensated is because they don 't have time to fit in work with a school and athletic schedule. College athletes don’t have time to get a real job. Student athletes have a very busy schedule, they don’t have time to fit in a job.
Mary Polozzo Professor Margaret Bruemmer English 151 30 April 2023 Compensation for College Athletes Recently, more than ever before compensation for college athletes has been a highly debated topic. Many believe it is unnecessary for athletes playing for a school to be compensated, others argue that colleges should pay their athletes. This paper intends to argue the latter, athletes deserve to be paid for their work. Without a personal connection to college-level sports, it is unlikely that someone would be very knowledgeable on the topic of compensation for college athletes what they should know is that it is important that student-athletes are paid for their work; athletes have expenses they need to pay for and without compensation from
College Athletes Should Not Recieve Payment College student-athletes should be paid, right? Maybe not. As an athlete, I put in 3 or more hours of work daily for my sport, from practice, training, and watching film. I do all this for the love of the game, not so that one day I can go to college and compete to get paid the highest and have that be my main focus rather than my development as a player. Being paid would bring conflict to sports people once loved.
There is also proof that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) treats their athletes poorly because universities do not provide healthcare, and they do not allow their athletes to benefit on the biggest games of their careers. These athletes deserve to get paid because
It includes only those funds that end up in the NCAA 's bank account.” The FCAA being the organization that would collect and distribute the capital. This research paper described why college athletes should be paid. They make personal sacrifices, and take risks in order to produce revenue for their schools.
College sports is one of the best-known entertainments around the world. But for the athletes, they are students first then athletes second. For college student-athletes, there are a variety of scholarships and grants to help pay for college or college debt. However, some critics say that student-athletes should be paid a salary like pro athletes would, with help from scholarships or grants. The authors of, College Athletes are being Educated, not Exploited, Val Ackerman and Larry Scott, argue that student-athletes are already paid by free education and other necessities.
Did you know that the NCAA supplies college student-athletes with over 3.6 billion dollars worth of scholarships each year? Despite this equitable form of compensation for playing a sport of their desire, so many people nationally believe these athletes should be paid a yearly salary! In this essay, reasons will be given to you as to why these colleges should not pay their athletes. There are so many facts and statistics in which all couldn’t be included, but there is still a plethora of information backing these athletes not being paid. College student-athletes should not be paid a salary by their colleges because they do not bring in all the money and attention as it’s perceived, they can already make money off of their name, image, and likeness
Should college athletes be paid? Annotated Bibliography Benedykiuck, Mike. “The Blue Line: College athletes should be paid.” Dailyfreepress.