The Negative Effects Of Lack Of Pay Of College Athletes

The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) considers college athletes to be amateur athletes, which means that they are not allowed to be paid by schools. Many people believe that college students and especially college athletes are overworked, which begs the question, how does the lack of payment of college athletes affect their well-being? College athletes are not allowed to be paid by their schools or depending on the state they are in, by others despite the amount of effort and profit they bring to the schools. This is unfair to the athletes because they have the stresses of being an athlete without any of the rewards of being an athlete. College athletes are negatively affected by their lack of payment because they aren’t fairly

As is stated earlier, the NCAA considers college athletes to be amateur athletes, which means that they are only allowed to make money off of scholarships, cannot be paid by schools, and only in 20 states are students able to profit on their NIL (Name, Image and Likeness). This means that those students can’t be involved in advertisements, or run any promotions on their social media because it would be in violation of state laws. Since the students aren’t able to get paid a salary by colleges, and most aren’t allowed to profit off of their name, the only way that college athletes can make money for their sports is through scholarships, which usually not fully given to athletes, don’t help with food, room and board, or travel costs, meaning that college athletes are usually left with little money because they have to fund all of those expenses themselves. College athletes also have to be successful enough to be able to profit on their own. College athletes often report not having enough money to travel home and see their family (Compensation for College Athletes). This can also affect their well-being because they aren’t able to be around their loved

College students should be paid for their work because they have to deal with the stresses of being both a student and an athlete. College students themselves are already very stressed, with the American College Health Association finding that 63 percent of college students report feeling overwhelming anxiety and 42 percent felt so depressed it was difficult to function (Improving College Students’ Mental Health). With a sport on top of this, which as previously mentioned takes up more than 40 hours a week, college athletes have to put in a lot of work during their time at