The NCAA has established so many rules and restrictions for college athletes but has given the athletes only a few rights. Giving athletes more restrictions and less choice by making them do all four years of college makes it so the NCAA is turning athletes less into players and more into slaves. For example, when players play in games they make money which the NCAA rakes in while the athletes get nothing but tuition (like slaves get housing and basic things like food) in return. Did you know that college athletes are actually worth more than their scholarships? A study done by the NCPA and Drexel University shows that the average basketball player is worth $289,031 per year and the average football player is worth $137,357 per year. The average scholarship is $23,204. This study shows how college athletes are being exploited by the NCAA. College athletes should not be required to complete their college education before becoming professional athletes because: many college athletes are poor, college athletes are at risk of injury that might affect their careers, and college athletes should be given a choice of what they do with their lives.
Most college athletes are very poor and can’t afford basic things like food at times. In fact 86 percent of college athletes live below the poverty line (Hayes, Matt). A lot of college athletes leave college early for the pros for this very reason. You can compare
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They go through hard training and classes every day with little money for basic needs. They also might have families who are living in poverty, by leaving college early they can feed their families. Other people might say that it’s better for players to stay in college than take the risk of not being able to return to the college. I say that it is the player's choice whether they want to leave I just want to give them the option of being able to leave