On average division one athletic programs lose an average of 11 million dollars every year.(NCAA.org) With the 460,000 college athletes(NCAA.org) to monetarily compensate for their time athletic programs. College athletes should not get paid. College athletes should focus on getting a degree, forming unions, and negotiate benefits. If players start to get paid for playing in college athletics the sport will no longer be considered amateur.
NCAA athletes took the NCAA to court. Ed O’Bannon, a former NCAA athlete, led the charge for the student athletes. O’Bannon argued that the athletes are being taken advantage of because the schools make millions off of the players’ likeness, meaning the schools make money on selling a jersey, or bobble head of the players and the players deserve some of that money and it should be put into a trust fund for the player. Judge Claudia Wilkin decided the O’Bannon case and gave the athletes everything they wanted in 2014, but in a court of repeals the ruling was reversed and the college just had to pay for the full cost of attendance at the university and did not have to pay for the trust of each athlete (Nocera). This was a small step for college
There is currently nothing systematically in place to provide funds to the sports athletes who generate so much for the universities, and the revenue continues to climb for the NCAA, as they claim a scholarship is sufficient enough even the playing field amongst universities and their athletes and stress that the uproar will change college sports forever. The public has seen the exploitation of these athletes and are asking questions regarding the legitimacy of the structure and are now demanding these athletes be compensated for there hard work. So as the money skyrockets for the NCAA, the athletes are left needing amendments to the power structure that has held them down for so long; in order to change this Congress must step in make sure
Hala Warda Kristin McGregor English 90R 22 October 2015 Summary and Response#3: “College Athletes Should Be Paid” Ann Kaufmann’s article “College Athletes Should Be Paid” explains that because college football and men’s basketball programs are so profitable, the athletes who play them should be paid. One reason they should be paid is because they spend more time practicing than they study. For example, “college football and basketball players often spend upwards of 50 hours a week during the season at their sport” (452). Another reason is NCAA doesn’t allow players to accept any gifts money from anyone. For instance, the article states that “not surprising, college players are sometimes tempted to take money under the table” (452).
According to New Direction in Public Opinion, Ideology can be defined as, “shared belief systems that reflect some groups understanding of the social world and its vision of what that world should ideally look like” (Berinsky, A., 2012). Ideology relates to the issue of college athletes being paid in several ways, one side being, political elites such as the NCAA’s ideological views on the topic and one side being the college athletes of the NCAA. The NCAA is the political elite of college athletics.. The NCAA holds the position that collegiate athletes are considered amateur athletes and it should be illegal to receive compensation for their actions on the field. NCAA President Mark Emmert echoed this in 2014 when he said “The overwhelming majority of student-athletes, across all sports, play college athletics as part of their educational experience and for the love of their sport — not to be paid a salary.”
Therefore many college athletes are forced to pay out of pocket for certain items not covered on scholarship such as clothes, food, and gas. This is hard for many college athletes since themselves or their parents do not have the money for the extra items. A selected few athletes will get a chance to bring their family out of poverty and make a great living in either the NBA or the NFL. But for the not so lucky ones that end their careers at the collegiate level they should receive some money in order to pay for the expenses that any college student would need to since they do not simply have the time to get a part time job while enrolled in college and participating in their specific sport. The benefits that the players can receive from receiving a salary are endless.
One of the arguments people use to say paying athletes in college is that the student athletes would be irresponsible with the money they recieve. That however, is a terrible argument. Teaching students athletes/young adults how to manage their money is an essential skill that many kids do not have the ability to learn until they are out of college. If there are two children, and one gets an allowance and the other does not, the child that receives the allowance every month or week, will learn how to spend and save the money more effectively than the child that does not an allowance. Giving the child the opportunity to learn how manage their money and learning how to spend it on the correct things is important at a young age.
What sport do you like playing? Imagine yourself doing a sport that you love and working very hard at, giving everything you got so you can make it somewhere successful. The most common sports are MBL,NBA ,NFL and NHL. Those are considered leagues, some people would call it basketball, baseball and football but there are certain steps you have to face to make it into a good named league, For example, being drafted for basketball. You see college athletes putting their all in games/competitions and also reaching to have an education but the question is .
The NCAA has made a profit on the careers of young college athletes across all sports for decades, with players being forbidden from earning money based on their name image and likeness up until 2 years ago. The NCAA needs to continue to allow college athletes to earn money based on their name image and likeness and it is the right thing to do based on recruiting strategies by coaches, players’ commitment to the sport, as well as the players’ background. The NCAA needs to continue to allow college athletes to earn money based on their name, image, and likeness, and it is the right thing to do based on recruiting strategies by coaches. New Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders recently said during an interview when asked about scouting defensive lineman “Defensive linemen, it’s totally opposite — single mama, trying to get it, he’s on free lunch…. I’m talking about just trying to make it.
Baseball, football, basketball and soccer are just some of the sports played at the college level. These sports are all played by both men and women, something must be done about how these athletes are being taken advantage of. People may say that they are bring paid by getting free school, however there are other expenses that have to be paid with the money they can’t earn because there are in sports. There are also claims that athletes are not responsible with their money. The N.C.A.A. makes millions of dollars off of college athletes every year, without the players ever seeing a cent of theses millions.
At an NCAA convention in January, a panel of 15 student-athletes and 65 schools in football-driven leagues passed a resolution adding stipends to athlete scholarships to cover all other expenses a full scholarship doesn’t cover (Sherman). Many disagree with this, while others believe we are taking a step in the right direction. The debate on paying college athletes has been ongoing since the early 1900’s (“Point/Counterpoint”). There are many people who say we shouldn’t give student-athletes extra money because a free ride to college is more than enough payment. They say that the universities offer more than an educations: concerts, lecture series by prominent people, on-stage productions, movies, intramural sports, and fitness facilities
After graduating from High School one may choose to further his or her education through college. People do this for many reasons. Some people do it for professional benefits, while others do it for sports athletics. This paper will be focusing on those who do go to college for athletic benefits. Specifically, this is focusing on how these college athletes do not get paid and why they should be paid.
Taking a look at the average college student, should they be paid for what they are studying? Probably not. Then why should college athletes be paid? They shouldn 't get paid just because of their athletic ability. They shouldn 't be paid because they are students, not professionals.
Did you know that the average wage of a pro athlete in the NFL is 2.1 million dollars per year and also that the average wage for a pro athlete playing in the NBA is 6.2 million dollars (Hourani)? Many athletes around the world are making crazy amounts of money just by having fun. For example, Tom Brady makes an astonishing 20.5 million dollars per year (Greenberg). Many people strongly disagree with pro athletes getting paid 10 times as much as doctors, teachers, and firefighters who risk their lives every single day. On the other hand, many people believe that athletes deserve their salaries they earn.
Are they students or employees? They spend more time with the sport than in school. Student athletes should be acknowledged for their performances. College athletes should be paid to play because they bring money into the school, advertisement, and they perform the same tasks of pros. College kids bring in thousands of dollars every game day.
