Andrew Walters
October 17, 2016
EN111-fall 2016
One of the main arguments being talked about quite about is whether student athletes should be getting paid for their athletic performance. Although there are good reasons to back up agreeing with the statement, Players in college shouldn’t get paid playing sports, here are some flaws of the argument.
The NCAA gathers up approximately one billion dollars from both the basketball and football department alone. Truth be told, if players from either department decide not to play unless they receive pay for their work, Division one schools would lose out on lots of money which we know they don’t want to happen. The basketball tournament known as “March Madness “makes about eight hundred million dollars a year, while the rest comes from college football games and others in the schools.
Lots of people agree with paying student athletes. They believe college players practice daily like it’s a full time job. They can’t just get up and find a job for induvial funding because they’re not going to have any time for a job. They generate a lot money for the school with ticket sales for the games. They also get a lot of money for the school from person play gear in college gift shops of their favorite players.
College players shouldn’t get paid for the most point, that idea has lots of flaws that have been debated about. For one, most division one college athletes are offered full ride or partial scholarships to school which is already a lot of money being given to them right away. The schools are paying for tuition, housing, books and more while the student athlete lays back with his/her free money. Colleges will also have a hard time deciding how much to pay each athlete. There are lots of players to pay and some players are more talented than others so they would most likely get paid more money. This would give the College Board making long and hard decisions regarding payments. It will never be an...