Just like any other college student, a college athlete’s most important reason for going to college should be to receive an education. Playing a sport in college is a privilege and a very small number of college students are given that privilege. Scholarships are given out to reward student athletes for their academic and sporting achievements in high school. One way that colleges do this is by providing tuition, room and board assistance to these students. This “reward” is often times of a very high monetary value. The scholarship is the reward to the student, while the student’s talent is the reward to the university. College athletes should not be paid.
If students are to be paid, then payments would have to be constant across
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This agreement is not set up to pay them in a way that is fair in relation to the money the schools will make. That fact is well-known at the time of the contract. Getting a chance to play a sport at the collegiate level, and on top of getting some sort of scholarship should be an athlete’s dream come true. Even if there are other financial obligations that are not covered, the NCAA Student Assistance Fund can be used to help those student athletes who have unusual needs over and above the help of the scholarships. If this is the case, the student would not be going to college at all if not for that scholarship. So I don’t understand why getting this opportunity would not be sufficient. There is a discussion in the NCAA that financial aid money could be increased. Increasing financial aid would allow students to have funds in addition to the money being brought in from the job they may have. Some people will say that college athletes do not have time to work, attend classes and participate in a sport, but if a person wants something badly enough, they will find a way. Giving college athletes a salary for being a college athlete does not teach the correct work