Kids these days. They go to school and do academic work plus they do extra things out of their day. These college athletes have a chance to be pro and all pro athletes get paid. Students who don’t get scholarships and have to pay their way into college, could be playing a college sport and earning their money back. If their good enough to be on a team they could have a chance to go big. Instead of going to college through the year, then going and working during summer, the athletes could enjoy the summer and have a little extra money to themselves. They would not have to get an additional job to work at. Despite all of this cash floating around, the players who make the organization work do not see any of this money. In fact, they are barred …show more content…
Players would fight for a starting spot and the starters are paid the most so it would increase the level of intensity. These players are also sacrificing their bodies in sports like football. If they get hurt they will have money to cover medical bills if they were to get injured. They would not be in debt when they grow older because they would have some money that the college pays them.
Student athletes should be paid because if you can fill a stadium with fans you can fill a University with paying students and star professors. These college athletes are bringing money to the university. Fans pay all around the world to come and watch them play. If these players weren’t here to play for the university, they would lose money because no players means no fans.
Another reason why they should be paid is because of apparel. If athletes were to be paid for only one reason, it is because the NCAA and universities capitalize on both the team’s success and the players’ status for its own financial gain through the sales of apparel and other merchandise. When universities sell jerseys and t-shirts with popular numbers on them, they are literally selling the personhood of the person whose number is on the