Opening Statement:
How would you feel if you worked a 40 hour work week and didn’t get paid for it. This is exactly what college athletes go through.
They dedicate their time to training, games, travel, and any other required sessions with the team.
That is about as long as a typical American work week.
Background Info:
This is an on-going debate that has heated up recently.
The NCAA makes about 11 billion dollars every year and the only people with financial restrictions are athletes.
Many people have contributed to the debate including President Obama and Jay Bilas, a college basketball analyst for ESPN.
They both agree that athletes are treated unfairly when it comes to the money distribution of the athletic department of a university
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The time the athlete dedicates to their sport is as long as the average American work week.
If, the workers get paid, don’t you think the athletes should be too?
Plus, the probability that the athlete brings in way more money than that single worker is very high.
The average salary for a D1 basketball coach is 1.5 million while a football coach is a bit higher at 1.6 million.
According to USA Today
This is outrageously high. Especially with advisors and assistants to help out with the work.
The players are the ones bringing in the revenue and yet all the money is dished out to the coaches, assistants, and administrators.
The word exploited has mixed in with the debate. Many people believe the student athletes are exploited.
Meaning their contribution to a certain thing, the university or college, is far above what they are being payed. Which is nothing.
Another way they are exploited is by apparel. School’s sell famous athlete’s apparel and jerseys and make big bucks on it even though that money wouldn’t be there if it wasn’t for the athlete.
This picture represents the salary of the head coach and players of Duke as they won the National Championship in