Why don't college athlete get paid? Many people say they should others say elsewise. I'm aganist for paying college athletes. College atheltic programs can't afford to pay athletes. Playing college sports is a privilege. The NCAA is a nonprofit organization. Students are not professionals which most people need to know. Paying college athletes to play would ruin college sports. Another thing is there is not a fair way to pay college athletes. Paying students athletes will cause cuts elsewhere in the athletic department. College students are financially irresponsible. Most elite college students get sports scholarship, which is payment enough for them. College athletes can't afford to pay athletes colleges dont have the money to pay athletes.
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Students shouldn't be forced into the role of a professional athlete. College is a time to learn, and whether a student wants to be an accountant or a professional athlete, they are not professional when still in school. As a student athletes, a student is able to gain access to a college education through the participation of their sport. Bottom line is a student athlete is an amateur, just like a student accountant, who marketing a choice to participate in a sport as overall educational experience. Paying students to play sports would totally ruin it the college sports industry. Athletes play sports in college for two reasons; the love of the game and the change to make it to the pros. If these students start getting paid, colleges and university athletic department would turn into enterprise and this would tarnish the college athletic system. Bottom line here is that the college athletic system is broken and the solution is not to start paying college athletes. All that is would do would be creating more …show more content…
The moment you start giving out money, even if it's a set amount, is the moment that college athletes cease to play sports solvent because they love the game. Eventually as with all jobs and workforces, the athletes would get disgruntled with the amount they were receiving. No matter how you dissect its, as soon as money is involved it becomes less about the pure competition and more about the dollar sign. The line between student and athletes often blurred epically at powerhouse program. Most college athletes (but not all ) are on some sort of scholarship which areas that their tuition is paid for as are their living expenses. Sure the students might not be at that university if it wasn't for sports, but the fact of the matter is that they are there to get a education. (Garcia,
Students shouldn't be forced into the role of a professional athlete. College is a time to learn, and whether a student wants to be an accountant or a professional athlete, they are not professional when still in school. As a student athletes, a student is able to gain access to a college education through the participation of their sport. Bottom line is a student athlete is an amateur, just like a student accountant, who marketing a choice to participate in a sport as overall educational experience. Paying students to play sports would totally ruin it the college sports industry. Athletes play sports in college for two reasons; the love of the game and the change to make it to the pros. If these students start getting paid, colleges and university athletic department would turn into enterprise and this would tarnish the college athletic system. Bottom line here is that the college athletic system is broken and the solution is not to start paying college athletes. All that is would do would be creating more …show more content…
The moment you start giving out money, even if it's a set amount, is the moment that college athletes cease to play sports solvent because they love the game. Eventually as with all jobs and workforces, the athletes would get disgruntled with the amount they were receiving. No matter how you dissect its, as soon as money is involved it becomes less about the pure competition and more about the dollar sign. The line between student and athletes often blurred epically at powerhouse program. Most college athletes (but not all ) are on some sort of scholarship which areas that their tuition is paid for as are their living expenses. Sure the students might not be at that university if it wasn't for sports, but the fact of the matter is that they are there to get a education. (Garcia,