For a century the National Collegiate Athletic Association has been around governing the organization for millions of college athlete. In the recent year, though, many people have been asking whether or not college athletes should be paid to play their sports in college, in particular, Division One male football and basketball players. The Paying of college athletes concept is in its resolution and plan, however the history of this issue dates back two decades and has proven both ineffective and discriminatory. The negative inherency of this new potential solution would far outweigh any minute advantages that the opposition will attempt to present as a positive change. Unlike professionals, amateurs cannot receive a salary for participating …show more content…
Scholarships do not cover all the expenses and athletes do not have time to work to pay off debt. Since scholarships do not cover everything, athletes should get paid so they do not graduate largely in debt. The large debt would accumulate over the course of their four year stay at the college. The payment would be very similar to what they would get if they were working a job because they have spent a majority of their time with their sport. Furthermore most athletes do not receive full ride scholarships or student loans being schooled only have a limit number to offer. If college athletes were being paid more athletes would remain in school, instead of dropping out for hopes of making it to the professionals (Griffin 17). If the athletes were being paid they’d stay in school and have a “better” look at life. It is not an irrational statement to claim that Division One Athletes should get paid due to time and revenue put into the un iversities. Adolf Hitler once said “Give me an athlete and I’ll give you an army”, this is indeed evident that college athletes should not get paid to play. College athletes are already getting scholarships for their sport, they are too young to receive an income. Colleges priority is to educate not