Do you think that college football players should get paid while still in college? There have been many debates on this topic with people thinking it will have a negative impact on the college football games like it will turn into the NFL (National Football League). Issues of gambling will come to people’s minds when paying college football players like point shaving. Many universities make a lot of money off their football programs. It’s fair to say that players should get some money from the profit they raise from attendances and merchandise. That video games used their names or pictures on their games to sell, and most of the athletes do not get any money from the profit of their own names and pictures. Should there be a cap, so that smaller
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Many video game companies are always promoting college athletes with their images, names, and likeness on their games. They should be paid because, it’s some of their money that video games are making off these college athletes. From “Athletes set to get checks from video games”, said, “Checks from the $60 million in settlements of lawsuits concerning college sports video games started being mailed” (Athletes set to get checks from video games suit. Steve Berkowitz. Leonard Aragon, one of plaintiff’s lawyer p.02c). Some of the players that are featured on these video games covers are finally getting paid. Many featured players on the games should have been paid while in college because their names and images were being used in the video …show more content…
Horace Mitchell from “Should College Student- Athletes Be Paid?” said, “Students are not professional athletes who are paid salaries and incentives for a career in sports” (Horace Mitchell. Vol 5. Issue 52, p 17-17. p.1). In a way he does make a very good argument about it because they’re still student athletes in college and having a free education with their scholarships. They should not be paid in salaries because they’re still student athletes and not professional athletes. Also he goes on to say, “They are students receiving access to a college education through their participation in sports, for which they earn scholarships to pay tuition, fees, room and board, and other allowable expenses” (Horace Mitchell. Vol 5. Issue 52, p 17-17. p.1). He is right because they do get a lot of benefits from the universities. From room and board which can cost a lot of money and tuition is payed for. We all know that tuition can be very expensive. Their scholarships do cover most or all of their expenses in
Many video game companies are always promoting college athletes with their images, names, and likeness on their games. They should be paid because, it’s some of their money that video games are making off these college athletes. From “Athletes set to get checks from video games”, said, “Checks from the $60 million in settlements of lawsuits concerning college sports video games started being mailed” (Athletes set to get checks from video games suit. Steve Berkowitz. Leonard Aragon, one of plaintiff’s lawyer p.02c). Some of the players that are featured on these video games covers are finally getting paid. Many featured players on the games should have been paid while in college because their names and images were being used in the video …show more content…
Horace Mitchell from “Should College Student- Athletes Be Paid?” said, “Students are not professional athletes who are paid salaries and incentives for a career in sports” (Horace Mitchell. Vol 5. Issue 52, p 17-17. p.1). In a way he does make a very good argument about it because they’re still student athletes in college and having a free education with their scholarships. They should not be paid in salaries because they’re still student athletes and not professional athletes. Also he goes on to say, “They are students receiving access to a college education through their participation in sports, for which they earn scholarships to pay tuition, fees, room and board, and other allowable expenses” (Horace Mitchell. Vol 5. Issue 52, p 17-17. p.1). He is right because they do get a lot of benefits from the universities. From room and board which can cost a lot of money and tuition is payed for. We all know that tuition can be very expensive. Their scholarships do cover most or all of their expenses in