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Analysis: Why College Athletes Should Be Paid

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Do you think it would be possible to be a college athlete and still be paid like a professional athlete? That’s what college athletes are fighting for, the right to be able to play for their university and be paid. In the world of college sports the athletics are seen as an audition for the professional level of that sport. The reason for this statement is that players are chasing the big bucks, and are only going to stay at the college for one year and leave to go to the league, hence the phrase One and Done. College athletes all across the country are asking the NCAA, to allow the players to be given a wage in order for them to play. This is a preposterous idea, anyhow the athletes get paid to be a student in the form of a scholarship, which …show more content…

The average full tuition for a four-year university is around $141 thousand and college athletes still believe they need to be paid. Having your tuition paid for is already a high salary to start with, but to say “I should be paid to play” is very overrated. Joel Bush in his report, Student or Professional Athlete - Tax Implications in the United States if College Athletes Were to be Classified as Paid Employees, he explains how many thousands of dollars a college offers to an athlete and how they stack up to the …show more content…

One way is their name on the back of jerseys that are being sold. They receive no money for having their name and number on a jersey, they seek no benefit for any merchandise that is being sold that involves them. Also when their talents are being shown on the field and on television they get nothing from that. Carey Hughley is quoted in Journal Of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, saying “Physical fitness, sport skill acquisition, and psychosocial development are not end goals, but means of providing entertainment for the paying public...Under these conditions I take the position that NCAA rules should be modified to allow reasonable compensation”(11). Athletes are using their skills to get the public to come to their games and provide a profit for their schools, so in that reason Hughley believes they should be paid. By rule the player can not receive any free compensation from any business or any one without it being cleared by the NCAA

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Annotative bibliography: Should college athletes be paid? Due to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules and regulations no college athlete is allowed to receive any compensation or endorsement while participating in college athletics. It is very problematic rules and many people and professional do not agree with these rules. Despite all the researches that suggested that NCAA the Universities makes multimillions dollars a year from college’s sport, the NCAA still insisting on applying the rule that no college athletes should be compensated about their effort and time.

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Dalton Collins Berthot English III 2/24/2017 College Athletes Should Not Be Paid College athletes are given scholarships to cover their tuition and other expenses in college, so should they be paid a salary for their athletic performances as well? They are receiving something far more valuable than a chance to play college ball. They are receiving an education that will provide for them and last a lifetime. College athletes should not be paid to perform on the field or the court. Whether college athletes should be paid or not is a topic that is debated more and more these days.

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The NCAA gets paid for these college athletes so why should they keep the money if they aren’t the ones doing the hard work. Another ay that they also earn money is selling shirts and jerseys using the players number. What makes this unfair is that the athletes jersey number can be sold on shirts and other attire, but they don’t receive the money. The NCAA has rules that college athletes are not allowed to sell their own attire which is one way how the NCAA makes money off them. Another way they make money is when a team leads their school to National Championships and the tickets sold at these events.

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College tuition in average cost $48,440 each student with every college averaging around 3849 students the revenue for tuition alone is $186,445,560 per year. That amount is not including room and board which is $41,569,200 with the total being $228,014,760. Another argument about who should be paid more is that football and men’s basketball bring in more revenue for schools so those athletes should be paid more. This is not fair to those of other programs who are considered top athletes within their program so they should be considered equal to those of other programs. Some people say that the athletes are the ones who do the work so they should being paid not the coaches.

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They play their hearts out every single night, and will do whatever it takes to get the win. If someone sacrifices his body for the better good of a team, then they should be treated like professionals would if they had done the same thing. Which is paying them some portion of the money that they just made for you. In his article "Should college athletes be paid to play?", Marc Edelman states, "Fifty colleges report annual revenues that exceed $50 million. These revenues come from numerous sources, including ticket sales, sponsorship, and the sale of broadcast rights.

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Players should also get paid because of the amount of money they have. Some college athletes aren't as rich as others, so colleges should give college athletes money so they have a decent amount of money. A college athlete would be putting a lot of energy and work into playing a sport. Some athletes families aren't as rich as others either. If colleges give athletes money, athletes will probably send some of their money back home with their families.

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Should college athletes be paid it states that, “In the past 12 years, the money generated by the two sports has increased nearly 300%”, which means that with time, colleges are just earning more and more money while players aren’t being paid. Some people may argue that athletes shouldn’t be paid, because they are getting their scholarships paid for. In the article Pay to play: Should college athletes be paid it says how Athletes receive scholarships for $200,000 over 4 years. This is good for the players because scholarships can cost a heavy amount. Although, if I were Division one and I knew there was a great possibility of going to a professional league and the only reason as to why I am in that college is to get into the professional league, not for education.

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That would not really be much of a problem at the bigger universities and bigger schools ,but would definitely be a problem for the smaller schools. With that, there could also be a problem with distributing all that money evenly with all athletes in all sports with paying them all equally (Tracy). Another thing is they are “Student Athlete”. Student first and then an athlete second. They are at college to study and get a degree.

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Colleges are using these athletes to boot their individual reputations and brings in revenue while not paying all the athletes for their work. So pretty much universities are just using athletes to earn their school a lot of money. Another argument that supports paying college athletes, is that the full-ride scholarships given to the best athletes do not actually cover all their expenses. Many athletes still can’t afford to have their friends and family come to the stadium and watch the games.

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(“Crossfire: Hypocritical to not pay College Athletes”) So many of these schools are still helping out their athletes by improving the program they’re in by putting more funding into that program to benefit the future of that program as well as the current generation. So in a way college athletes are being selfish in wanting to benefit off of their playing while they are mostly receiving a free college education as well as better athletic facilities, uniforms, and other equipment used for a sport that they have earned for it. Some players would be satisfied with taking pride in the fact that they’re abilities as an athlete and a team allowed for the legacy of that generation to passed onto the future as they earned that money for the university. Another thing is the benefits they are receiving is great.

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There is no reason to pay college athletes because they are students first and academics should be one’s first priority, they already receive their fair share in extras, many of the athletes receive financial help through athletic scholarships, and the NCAA is an amateur enterprise and no amateur athlete in any sport is paid. The main reason colleges exist is to allow people the chance to get an education and earn a degree. Student-athletes are no exception to this. Just as other students are involved in clubs or groups, athletes play sports. Those students are students first

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This can be especially found because the NCAA is making money off of the college player’s likeness (Forbes). Many colleges sell college athletes’ jerseys and merchandise revolving around the team or a certain athlete, yet the athletes still do not receive any money at all. Simply, without the athletes the NCAA would be nothing, as well as college’s athletic teams. For this reason alone, the athletes should be compensated fairly.

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As you probably know, college is pretty expensive no matter where you go. This scholarship money that the athletes are receiving assists them in paying for college so that their families don't have to worry about saving up. The scholarship money significantly helps the families that may be struggling or are not as well off as other families. My next reason is if colleges paid student athletes they would have to make cuts to other programs. If every student athlete got paid a certain amount of money, there simply wouldn’t be enough money to go around.

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