There has been much controversy in compensating student athletes. Every year college sports bring in a great deal of revenue for the universities, logo companies and The National Collegiate Athletic Athletes also known as the NCAA. Everyone is getting paid except the student athletes. Without them there would not be a Super bowl or March Madness. Student athletes should be paid because of all the revenue that they bring in from each game.
Students become college athletes for many reasons. One being the love of the game second college experience and third a debt free education. “We are taking students athletes and their leaving with multiple degrees or go professional” stated Kendall Spencer a former track student-athlete at the University of New Mexico. Students who join college sports have a passion for the game. They grow up training most of their lives in the
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The student athletes are force to prioritize sports before an education. “Athletes were to register for “paper classes” that involved no interaction with a faculty member, required no class attendance or course work other than a single paper, and resulted in consistently high grades. These athletes had been steered toward these courses by counselors from UNC’s Academic Support Program for Student Athletes.” said in the article cracking the cartel. The University employees suggest the student athletes take less academic classes. They want student- athletes to have less class time to increase athlete’s participation in the sport. Universities demonstrate the lack of academic engagement between college athletes. The university focus is to make money, pay the coaches, and entertain the fans who enjoy the game. Yet the student athlete barley obtains an education and no pay for all the countless hours they put into the sport. If the student athletes were paid they would be motivated to stay in school and get a