Compromising to Get Paid to Play For years college football players have been playing basically for free, and only thing in return that they get would be a trophy or a certificate of participation for the season, but it has also has became a widespread debate in the sports world, and these discussion, and debates that have been going on for a while already for NCAA football players, if they should be paid, because their coaches do, and many people do not think they should, and as time has passed more and more people have been discussing this issue, and the NCAA still sides with not paying the athletes, and if this keeps on athletes could quit, leaving the NCAA losing millions of dollars.. However, football players should be paid, and should …show more content…
The time for homework of an athlete is very little time. For example, I am a cross country runner here at College of The Desert, I am up by 5:00 in the morning to leave for practice, I end practice around 7:30, or 8 depending on the workout, I then need to get home and get ready for my next class, and after that my next class, I end up getting home around 9:30pm, and get started on homework, which could take up to a couple of hours, and I go to bed around 2am, and then get some sleep for the next practice, it may not be everyday but it does take a tole on an athlete's body. College football players should be paid for the risks that they put their bodies in, when they are in the game or on the practice field. The college football player, has pads and a helmet, but can be hurt internally. For example, I was in pop warner football when I was younger, and it was the last game of the year before my team and I went to the championship, later that game I was hit illegally by a safety, and a corner, and landed on my collar bone, and snapped it.football pad do not protect inside the body, just the outside, which is why, football players in college should be paid for the risk of their