College Athletes Should Be Paid

College athlete should be allowed to be paid by endorsements because both the college and the athletes make money and everyone benefits. Colleges all around the country are mostly benefiting from their athletes and the athletes get nothing in return except an education that they did not primarily go there to do.(Birkenes, Adele^Bagaria, Akash) There is an exception for the athletes who weren’t good enough to advance to pro ranks that were less fortunate and didn’t come from wealth and had to rely on their athletic ability to earn an education and advance into their adulthood easier. Next, is determining how much benefits these athletes can receive from their endorsers (Birkenes, Adele^Bagaria, Akash). To determine how much athletes can get …show more content…
In addition to playing in games and training, they also have to focus on grades and making sure they are passing(Birkenes, Adele^Bagaria, Akash). With, endorsements athletes wouldn’t have to worry about paying for food accessories and the cost of bills and other things that college throws at you. Secondly, College athletes do receive a lot of benefits through their scholarship though not enough(Birkenes, Adele^Bagaria, Akash). Some of the benefits include help with tuition, and they receive grants worth more than $100,000 which is just fine. Next, is the risk of injury and the case that one has to retire (SmartAssets). What happens to an athlete who is injured and can no longer play, many athletes had a promising career and were about to make a lot of money, but because of them getting injured they no longer play the sport they love and don’t have any money with an education they didn’t go there for. Finally, endorsements and money could do a lot for these athletes and has barely and risk for colleges it's now just waiting for the NCAA to …show more content…
Some think college athletes that play for big school sports should get paid because they bring schools so much money in ticket sales and television deals(Birkenes, Adele^Bagaria, Akash). There is also disagreement among some who believe paying athletes would hurt the integrity of college sports and the purpose. Next is that these athletes have become employees of their colleges and conference as much as students (Shelly Anderson). Finally, they are employees with no compensation which is against common decency and the law. There are many ways athletes can get paid, but there are a lot of objections to most of the ways except few, but in the end, they're still