Every little kid grows up dreaming of playing in the NFL, NBA, MLB and so much more. Only 7.6 million of those kids go on to play varsity sports in high school (Koebler). Seven percent of those athletes go on to play a college sport without pay (Scholarshipstats.com). Less than two percent of college athletes go on to play in a professional sport (Cheney-Rice). Eighty-six percent of college athletes live in poverty after graduation (Hayes). If the NCAA paid them for their contributions while playing how much lower would that number be? College athletes around the United States deserve to be paid for the work, time and effort they put in for their respective college or university.
In most scholars’ beliefs, college athletes deserve to be paid …show more content…
It is even more stressful trying to find a job when it is time for graduation. An athlete is in an even worse situation because they have to wait until the day of the draft. Some may have to wait even longer. If an athlete does not get drafted then they have no job, no source of income, and no way to earn a living because all they were worried about during college was their athletics. If the college pays them $5,000 a year that leaves them with a minimum of $20,000 after graduation. At Least then they can afford an apartment until they can find a source of income. With the way it is now they are setting the athletes who are not the top tier athletes and who may not get drafted on draft night up for failure. Most of these college athletes come from poor communities which is an even better reason why colleges should not want to put them right back in those communities and possibly destined for trouble. The least they can do to prevent this is give them some money while in college. For example, in the MLB they have minor league teams and the salaries range from $1,100 to $2,140 a month. That is less than the average american, but yet people want to say that athletes are paid too much for what they do. They get paid only during their season while a teacher, lawyers, doctors and many others and yet these occupations receive more money. While these occupations get paid year round and complain about it, an athlete is working his tail off every day to be paid for a quarter of the year. Also, those employed in other occupations have jobs and a source of money before they get out of college to start them off when they graduate. Meanwhile, a college baseball player goes into his job right after he graduates with little to no money to live off of and only a source of sure income for part of the year. The NCAA does not want to look at this part of the picture though. All they want to look at is
In most scholars’ beliefs, college athletes deserve to be paid …show more content…
It is even more stressful trying to find a job when it is time for graduation. An athlete is in an even worse situation because they have to wait until the day of the draft. Some may have to wait even longer. If an athlete does not get drafted then they have no job, no source of income, and no way to earn a living because all they were worried about during college was their athletics. If the college pays them $5,000 a year that leaves them with a minimum of $20,000 after graduation. At Least then they can afford an apartment until they can find a source of income. With the way it is now they are setting the athletes who are not the top tier athletes and who may not get drafted on draft night up for failure. Most of these college athletes come from poor communities which is an even better reason why colleges should not want to put them right back in those communities and possibly destined for trouble. The least they can do to prevent this is give them some money while in college. For example, in the MLB they have minor league teams and the salaries range from $1,100 to $2,140 a month. That is less than the average american, but yet people want to say that athletes are paid too much for what they do. They get paid only during their season while a teacher, lawyers, doctors and many others and yet these occupations receive more money. While these occupations get paid year round and complain about it, an athlete is working his tail off every day to be paid for a quarter of the year. Also, those employed in other occupations have jobs and a source of money before they get out of college to start them off when they graduate. Meanwhile, a college baseball player goes into his job right after he graduates with little to no money to live off of and only a source of sure income for part of the year. The NCAA does not want to look at this part of the picture though. All they want to look at is