College Athletes
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College athletes do not deserve to be paid. They are recruited into the school and get paid a scholarship, that pays for their room, board, books, and anything else to do with school. They basically do get paid for playing the sport they are recruited into.
At some colleges, college athletics are a key source of income, and they attract students to their Colleges. These big Universities depend on their athletes to produce and maintain the popularity of their schools name. College athletes are suppose to be the at this level in their career, so why do college athletes not get paid? The National Collegiate Athletic Association, or in other words NCAA, says that it is trying to protect the athletes from “exploitation by professional and commercial enterprises” (Brawn). Some people may argue that student athletes should not be paid because they are receiving an education through a scholarship. These people feel that the promise of their education being paid for is enough for the college athletes. On the opposite side of the issue, people argue that the college athlete generates enough income for the universities, and they feel that the university owes the athletes more than a scholarship. Student athletes should be given a small regular payment for their services to the university.
Collegiate athletes are basically making the school money they play the sport for entertain purposes, which brings in the school big bucks to be used on the ATHLETIC PROGRAM only not to help pay for a students vacation to Cabo, San Lucas.