In the sports industry, many conflicts and decisions develop. One major issue over sports is whether to pay college athletes or not. Some people feel paying college athletes would be a great change, while others believe it will lead to an increase in problems and corruption. There are reasonable arguments for both views on this matter.
There are many sensible reasons as to why college athletes should be paid. These athletes are only seeing what everybody else is getting. College sports bring in cash trough ticket sales, merchandise, fees for playoff appearances. When items such as jerseys with their numbers on them are being sold, it can be viewed as unfair because the athlete doesn't receive any of that profit. Their school's take in an extensive amount of money from corporate sponsors, and the coaches are paid millions of dollars, while athletes don't get any of that money. These athletes put in a lot of effort through hard practices, training, while they receive an education at their college.
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Athletics Alumni Weekend 2009It is also known that the NCAA rules limit the jobs college athletes have. An athlete cannot hold a job paying him/her over $2000 during the year. (http://reallythink.blogspot.com/2003/04/should-college-athletes-be-paid.html)
On the opposite end of this topic, there are many reasons why paying college athletes would not be a good idea. When going into a college for a sport, students receive scholarships which pay for most, if not all of their necessities anyway. Scholarships enforce the student athlete to keep their grades up so they can keep this money given to them. These students are already getting free meals, merchandise, and exposure so why add more money? College athletes should not be paid because it is not their job to play in a sport. They are in college which means they are getting an...