Attention Getter: “I have a gut feeling you want to swim in college”, my coach says to me as he pulls me out of practice to yell at me...again. As he is waiting for my response, I start wondering: Do I actually want to swim in college? Will things be different while being a NCAA athlete? Are there any extra opportunities or money besides scholarships for student athletes? As I turned and looked at him, my reply came out of my mouth before I even knew what it was. “Yes, I think so.” As soon as I arrived home, I did some research about being a college athlete. While there were a lot of facts and numbers, the more personal stories stood out to me. These stories included people who had to quit their sport because they didn’t have enough money to pay their tuition. This led me to ask: Why do college coaches just let kids who can’t pay tuition quit? Why aren’t colleges paying their athletes?
Thesis: That is when I realized that college athletes should be paid because they dedicate their time, it will help them pay for …show more content…
Dedication takes up time, energy, and, perhaps most important, money from the athletes. According to Dictionary.com, the definition of professional is as follows: “a person competent or skilled in a particular activity” (Dictonary.com) These athletes have to be skilled in order to play in college. Since the athletes bring their own developed skill to their college, it should be the college’s duty to reward them for their actions in games or meets by payment. According to Tony Brony, “The NCAA states that student-athletes will not be paid for their talents because that would ruin their amateurism as student-athletes.” However, can we really consider these D1 athletes amateurs? Would you really call athletes such as Simone Biles, a 19-year-old gymnast, an amateur after she won five gold medals at the 2016 Olympics in Rio? I would think
Thesis: That is when I realized that college athletes should be paid because they dedicate their time, it will help them pay for …show more content…
Dedication takes up time, energy, and, perhaps most important, money from the athletes. According to Dictionary.com, the definition of professional is as follows: “a person competent or skilled in a particular activity” (Dictonary.com) These athletes have to be skilled in order to play in college. Since the athletes bring their own developed skill to their college, it should be the college’s duty to reward them for their actions in games or meets by payment. According to Tony Brony, “The NCAA states that student-athletes will not be paid for their talents because that would ruin their amateurism as student-athletes.” However, can we really consider these D1 athletes amateurs? Would you really call athletes such as Simone Biles, a 19-year-old gymnast, an amateur after she won five gold medals at the 2016 Olympics in Rio? I would think