Paid to Play
In college, athletes do a lot of work, both for their class and for their team. As a college student, money is a big issue too. College athletes have the problem where they do not get paid to play the sport. This is a big problem because the athletes in college do the same work as pros in the league and put their bodies on the line. For example, in the National Collegiate Athletic Association or the NCAA, athletes have to train hard every day, and play games every day and they do not get paid for it, while the NBA does:
In the 2013 NCAA tournament Louisville player Kevin Ware suffered a horrific injury to his lower right leg while attempting to block an opposing player’s shot. Six months later, Ware was healed and back to practicing. …show more content…
‘I don’t need to be in the gym six days a week in June to stay in shape,’ Sune Agbuke, a women’s basketball player at Baylor University, said. It’s not a new complaint, but it’s one the athletes said continues to be largely overlooked by those hoping to reform College sports. Juggling athletics and course work during the season is expectedly difficult, they said, but athletes often feel just as overworked in the off-season. (New 1)
Because athletics take up so much time, athletes should get paid.
College athletes have too little time for anything during the day. Practice takes up too much time into the day. With all that time taken up, they cannot get another job. An average week of training and physical therapy could take up to 50 hours a week, not including classes or a job. This would take even more time out of the week. If the athletes get paid while playing games, then all that time in the day would be more worth it:
For a little extra money to see a movie or go out to dinner once a week, my freshman roommate worked a job at the university, earning about $7/hour. He would work his butt off all day, with two or sometimes three basketball training sessions, plus classes and homework, and go to that job for a few hours late at night. He would come back exhausted, but he needed whatever money they would pay him. (Hartnett
In college, athletes do a lot of work, both for their class and for their team. As a college student, money is a big issue too. College athletes have the problem where they do not get paid to play the sport. This is a big problem because the athletes in college do the same work as pros in the league and put their bodies on the line. For example, in the National Collegiate Athletic Association or the NCAA, athletes have to train hard every day, and play games every day and they do not get paid for it, while the NBA does:
In the 2013 NCAA tournament Louisville player Kevin Ware suffered a horrific injury to his lower right leg while attempting to block an opposing player’s shot. Six months later, Ware was healed and back to practicing. …show more content…
‘I don’t need to be in the gym six days a week in June to stay in shape,’ Sune Agbuke, a women’s basketball player at Baylor University, said. It’s not a new complaint, but it’s one the athletes said continues to be largely overlooked by those hoping to reform College sports. Juggling athletics and course work during the season is expectedly difficult, they said, but athletes often feel just as overworked in the off-season. (New 1)
Because athletics take up so much time, athletes should get paid.
College athletes have too little time for anything during the day. Practice takes up too much time into the day. With all that time taken up, they cannot get another job. An average week of training and physical therapy could take up to 50 hours a week, not including classes or a job. This would take even more time out of the week. If the athletes get paid while playing games, then all that time in the day would be more worth it:
For a little extra money to see a movie or go out to dinner once a week, my freshman roommate worked a job at the university, earning about $7/hour. He would work his butt off all day, with two or sometimes three basketball training sessions, plus classes and homework, and go to that job for a few hours late at night. He would come back exhausted, but he needed whatever money they would pay him. (Hartnett