Most weekends during the year, hundreds of thousands of fans gather around their respected college campuses to cheer on their sports team until they are blue to the face. In general, most fans support their teams no matter what the outcome is, this is especially true on college campuses around the country. Whether it’s a terrible play made by the team, or a bad call made by the refs; or the team losing, fans are still going to support and try to lift the team's spirit. But considering the main sports teams like (Mens and Womens Basketball, Mens football and Men's Baseball) bring a lot of revenue to the campus and to the N.C.A.A. Fans are left wondering, why are the athletes not getting paid? Considering the general public as well as universities do have the funds …show more content…
Athletes sign their letter of intent to their coaches as an agreement to the tradeoff, they trade their skills in their sports for free education while most of us can only dream about it.
Colleges and Universities provide such an amazing opportunity to further yourself out in the real world, it's unfathomable. The best part about college is not having to depend on anyone for anything. It's all up to you. You never know what will happen to you in the future, a college degree can and will come in many uses. The best part of a college degree is that people are pigeonholed by their degree. One degree can be used for many other lucrative jobs and careers. This is especially more valuable to the student-athletes that are given full scholarships to attend colleges and universities. Student-athletes do not have to worry about paying for tuition or anything.