Summary Of Why College Athletes Should Not Be Paid

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Summary: This article tackles the question of whether or not college athletes are being unfairly exploited due to not being paid. By specifically looking at a court case that aimed to settle this dispute, the author suggests that the court decided that salaries for players were banned because in doing so, the “product” of college sports was being preserved. Abbott explains that college sports will lose their authenticity because of the fact that providing salaries for these athletes will greatly favor large and well funded athletic programs. The compensation will greatly lessen the chance for any type of “upset” or “Cinderella story” and therefore make college sports boring. Analysis: This article will be helpful in supporting the synthesis …show more content…

The author suggests that because not all college athletes are on scholarship, many of them still have to be employed to be able to pay for their college. Therefore, the author argues that while playing a collegiate sport, a full time job in itself, many athletes have to work another job on top of it. The article suggests that with compensation, this problem, along with many other problems including ending corruption and increasing motivation to play, can be …show more content…

2019, www.theperspective.com/debates/sports/college-athletes-get-paid/. Summary: In the bottom section of this article, the author delves into a couple specific reasons why college athletes do not need or deserve compensation. Piccioto talks more about the harm that compensation for college athletes does to them, rather than the harm done to the universities. Piccioto suggests that paying college athletes takes away from what college actually is and he argues that the athletes should be treated as normal students, since they really are. Compensation, he feels, would totally take away from the college experience, like having internships, and would lead these athletes down the wrong path. Analysis: This article could be used to aid in supporting the synthesis question because of the fact that it is unique from all the other sources, since it takes a stand that is focused more on the experiences and values that students get at college. Piccioto states that paying these athletes completely takes away from the college experience, which could therefore be used as a more moral argument rather than a financial or health related one. My group could utilize the article, as it takes an interesting side on the Pay-to-Play issue. The article opens up a new question about whether or not the NCAA would be looking out for themselves or the athletes when deciding on this compensation

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