What about the taxpayers? When people cannot afford food or other expenses they go and get welfare benefits, well it works the same way with the athletes in college. Who are the people paying for those benefits, the taxpayers are. The NCAA rules states that they do allow college athletes to get food stamps and welfare benefits if they qualify, since their income is low, most every athlete does indeed qualify (Nash).
Many people think that just because they are college athletes, they have money but that is not true. A non-athletic student holds more money than most athletes, if something doesn’t get changed about athletes not being able to make more money than more will continue to draw welfare benefits (Nash). It is true that the
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Having to accept food stamps and welfare benefits is not something to be proud of for the athletes, but they have no other way to get income to pay for living supplies if they cannot accept money, work more hours, or get compensation. The real bearer of this shame should not be the athlete. The universities are taking advantage of not only these students but also the American public. U.S. citizens are receiving the burden of taking care of students who play for colleges that make millions off of the sports programs, and are fully capable of making their own income above the poverty level. This obviously intentional system of putting the cost in someone else’s pocket and the profit in the schools is completely unethical and wrong. By college athletes getting compensation taxpayers might be a little happier and athletes would be able to pay for their own food and other expenses. One way athletes could get off of welfare benefits, would be for them to start endorsing entrepreneurial activities. College athletes are the ones making the money but cannot use it, so it leaves