Access Is Only Available: 3. If One Sports Program Gets Paid, They All Will Demand To Be Paid
Access Is Only Available: 3. If One Sports Program Gets Paid, They All Will Demand To Be Paid
Timpul pe care un amator il dedica scolii,intalnirii cu prietenii,alte activitati in cadrul scolii este
inlocuit de profesionist cu antrenamentul College is a time to learn, and whether a student wants to
be an accountant or a professional athlete, they are not a professional when still in school. Students
are not paid salaries like a professional, nor do they receive professional perks. As a student athlete,
a student is able to gain access to a college education through the participation of their sport. In fact,
a student athlete should look at their college sports experience simply as a vehicle to higher
education. This access is only available, however, through continuous
enrollment in the school, academic eligibility and participation in the sport they play. The bottom
line is this: a student athlete is an amateur, just like a student accountant, who is making a choice to
participate in a sport as part of their overall educational experience. Since this is the case, it doesn’t
matter how many touchdowns they score or how many three-pointers they make, as they are not
professionals, and they should not make professional money.
5. Paying Student Athletes Will Cause Cuts Elsewhere
I am learning my field in order to get paid when I get a job. In college sports you play to get to the
pros, not to earn a paycheck as a student.”
Some if not all college athletes are already on scholarships, so why should they be paid like they are
professionals?
The truth is, the only collegiate sports that really make anything for the colleges are football and
basketball, and only the top championship teams really bring in money for their schools.
For every high school athlete that dreams of playing in college, only about 7 percent go on to do it.
Furthermore, only 2 percent of these people play in a Division I school.
Most Elite College Athletes Get Sports Scholarships, Which is Payment Enough
Burse
These athletes almost always get their full tuition paid for, or at least significantly
discounted. Billions are given to athletes each year, and in some cases, the average
athletic scholarship at a school actually exceeds the school’s tuition. For instance, consider Ohio
State, one of the biggest and most well known football programs in the nation. The average in-state
tuition at the university is just over $10,000 a year, yet the average athletic scholarship is $17,856 for
male athletes. In other words, these athletes are having their full tuition paid for, in addition to other
perks.
Pro
For instance, serious college athletes spend more time practicing their sports and playing the game
as most people spend at work each week. In other words, being a college athlete is the equivalent of
a full time job. Speaking of jobs, since college athletes are spending so much time on the field or
court and in the classroom, they don’t have the time to actually work, so many of them have a
difficult time making ends meet.
But, college athletes are not required to simply play sports 40 hours a
week. Their schedule also includes a full-time college schedule that they must
maintain if they want to stay in the school and continue playing college sports. If
a student has 10 hours of class each week and puts in the recommended four
hours of study for each hour of class, then athletes spend 50 hours each week
studying and attending mandatory classes and study halls.
This means that college athletes have to work 90 hours per week just to remain
in school on their scholarship. This is the equivalent to working two full-time jobs
with a side job on the weekends just to pay their bills.
For NCAA executives, administrators and support staff who start feeling the burn
around hour 42, they should remember that their student athletes’ jobs are not
only intellectually demanding but brings them to the limits of their physical
endurance as well.
Contraargumentare
The NCAA is a not-for-profit organization and is an association of member universities and colleges
that share a common goal. Because of its status as a non-profit, it would be confusing for it to be
involved in paying athletes. Since the NCAA is the governing body of college athletics, it is extremely
unlikely that it would change its stance on student athlete compensation. This is also true, because
the organization has been approached many times to change its stance, and thus far, it is unwilling to
budge on it’s pay for play policy.
The main goal of the NCAA is to offer educational service to the student athletes that it
supports, and it give money to the schools where these students gain their education. Though
some people believe that it is not right for all of these student athletes to play for their
schools without compensation, others argue that many of the students who would be paid are
only a hop, skip and a jump from a chance at the NFL or NBA, where they will make
hundreds of thousands of dollars. Though they may not be the NFL superstar, any position as
an NFL player pays will pay well. Even players on the practice squad make a minimum of
$6,000 a week. When compared with the average US income of $513 a week, those who can
graduate from the college football field to the practice squad are doing just fine.
You might know the name Reggie Bush, who was a running back for USC. When he played in college,
people started to notice that he and his family began receiving swanky benefits such
as the use of limousines, air fare and weekly payments from various sports marketing agents.
Eventually, they moved into a new home. Another example is Terrelle Pryor, the quarterback for
Ohio State. He was given the keys to up to eight different upscale cars from a local vehicle dealership.
This sparked an investigation into not only Pryor himself, but also the athletic department at Ohio
State.
So, would giving student athletes a couple of hundred dollars a month change this? Of course not.
There are still going to be people in the shadowy background waiting and willing to do business with
these kids and give them a handout, whether it is in cash under the table or homes, clothes or cars.
Bottom line here is that the college athletic system is broken, and the solution is not to start paying
college athletes. All that this would do would be to create more problems.