Essay On College Athletes Should Get Paid

One of the hottest topics in college Athletics for the past decade is whether or not college athletes should get paid. Big Schools are making an absolute fortune on these highly gifted kids through their exceptional play and social media charisma. Whether or not they should get paid is a bit of a stretch but I think with all of the money the schools are making off of these athletes I think they can manage giving the players a few dollars. Players should be paid for three reasons. Players miss so much class time with all the athletics that are going on but yet the NCAA continues to say that they provide a “free education”, secondly if players were paid the money they deserve they would get an early sense of financial awareness before going to the pros. Third and final reason is the NCAA acts as an employer but gives nothing back. College athletes have such busy schedules. For example star Forward for the Carolina Tar Heels Basketball team, Justin Jackson wakes up around 8am has weights at 830 and has practice from 9:30 to 11:30 and then eats lunch. He then has “classes” from 1-4 and then has practice again from 5 to around 7 and then has shoot around at 9. Justin Jackson is the ACC player of the year and …show more content…
They have always been enfactic about making sure that players keep their amateur status by not paying them. Due to the fact that kids nowadays bring in a healthy profit for their respected university but never see a penny of what they have rightfully earned. Since these athletes aren't being paid you see many of them declaring for the pros after only a year or two of college. 70% of them not lasting in the league for more than 4 or 5 years. If the NCAA would stop being so greedy and share some of the wealth then you would see more of the players staying in college. A Bi-product of this is that the players are able to fully develop into a pro athlete and leave college with a back up plan if things don't