For many years, college athletes have been the face of many prestigious schools. Being a college athlete meant you were good enough to get a scholarship, which meant you had a chance make it to the big leagues. I grew up watching basketball and football like it was second nature, it resulted in wanting to be like the superstars on television. The children who grew up like me dream to be an all-American college athlete and become that superstar in the big leagues. The NCAA has been around since 1910 and regulates 1,259 schools/institutions, conferences, or any other association(NCAA.org). The NCAA organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. The great part is it helps more the 460,000-college
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Even though people think much of the revenue does not go directly back into the classroom, the NCAA states, “The money is distributed in more than a dozen ways, with more than 90 percent going to support NCAA schools, conferences and nearly half a million student-athletes.” Much of the revenue goes to funding more scholarships for future athletes and sponsorship. Any additional funds go to Division I schools that are successful with bringing in such revenue. Another argument is that if paid, good players would stay in school. Some believe that college athletes would stay in college longer if paid, but that also means college athletes might be paid for a little amount of time because some universities allow basketball athletes to indulge in the one and …show more content…
Peterson states, “Firstly, according to Jeffrey Dorfman, only a few collegiate sports actually bring in the money. College football, as well as men’s and women’s basketball, are the money makers as far as collegiate athletics are concerned.” Peterson also states, “Most other programs are actually cash strapped”. The issue then becomes should only football and basketball college athletes be paid? No, because that is not fair and there would be no fair way to pay college athletes.
The NCAA might bring in money, but some colleges are not a profitable. Anderson states, “the Auburn University athletic department posted a 17-million-dollar deficit in 2014.” Due to this deficit, Auburn University purchased a new high definition screen for the stadium in 2015 but that was meant to bring in money. Though most say the money made does not go back into the classroom, in 2014, the NCAA generated almost a billion dollars in revenue and it was then distributed back into various organization and institutions across the United
Even though people think much of the revenue does not go directly back into the classroom, the NCAA states, “The money is distributed in more than a dozen ways, with more than 90 percent going to support NCAA schools, conferences and nearly half a million student-athletes.” Much of the revenue goes to funding more scholarships for future athletes and sponsorship. Any additional funds go to Division I schools that are successful with bringing in such revenue. Another argument is that if paid, good players would stay in school. Some believe that college athletes would stay in college longer if paid, but that also means college athletes might be paid for a little amount of time because some universities allow basketball athletes to indulge in the one and …show more content…
Peterson states, “Firstly, according to Jeffrey Dorfman, only a few collegiate sports actually bring in the money. College football, as well as men’s and women’s basketball, are the money makers as far as collegiate athletics are concerned.” Peterson also states, “Most other programs are actually cash strapped”. The issue then becomes should only football and basketball college athletes be paid? No, because that is not fair and there would be no fair way to pay college athletes.
The NCAA might bring in money, but some colleges are not a profitable. Anderson states, “the Auburn University athletic department posted a 17-million-dollar deficit in 2014.” Due to this deficit, Auburn University purchased a new high definition screen for the stadium in 2015 but that was meant to bring in money. Though most say the money made does not go back into the classroom, in 2014, the NCAA generated almost a billion dollars in revenue and it was then distributed back into various organization and institutions across the United