Jozlyn Duran
March 29 2018
ENGRD 310
Should or Should not College College Athletes be Paid to Play?
Whether or not college athletes should get paid to play has gone through it’s ups and downs. The NCAA ( National Collegiate Athletic Association ) is a non profit organization that helps establish the athletic programs in colleges. There are many good reasons why college athletes should get paid to play: scholarships that don’t cover everything, the pressure student athletes are under from school, illegal video games, and too much training. But there are also many prime reasons why student athletes should not be paid to play. Students athletes focus more on their sport then there education. Second if student athletes get money to play they might use that money to buy drugs. Third scholarships can cover everything so there is no need to get paid on top of a scholarship.
The first reason why student athletes should be paid is because scholarships that NCAA give to students don’t always cover full expenses (Christopher Davis Jr / Dylan Oliver Malagrino 2013). Universities promise students 4 year scholarships when NCAA only give 1 year scholarships and at any moment take the scholarship back if injuries happen or encounter takes place. Some scholarships cover the classes, books, and maybe dorms but leave out food, transportation or health coverage. …show more content…
It also can generate risk factors that you are most likely to get an injury. We found out that 85% of athletes had infections. 30.7% of them had upper respiratory tract infection. And 60.3% had EBV. And these student athletes trained between 14.3 plus or minus 5.9
March 29 2018
ENGRD 310
Should or Should not College College Athletes be Paid to Play?
Whether or not college athletes should get paid to play has gone through it’s ups and downs. The NCAA ( National Collegiate Athletic Association ) is a non profit organization that helps establish the athletic programs in colleges. There are many good reasons why college athletes should get paid to play: scholarships that don’t cover everything, the pressure student athletes are under from school, illegal video games, and too much training. But there are also many prime reasons why student athletes should not be paid to play. Students athletes focus more on their sport then there education. Second if student athletes get money to play they might use that money to buy drugs. Third scholarships can cover everything so there is no need to get paid on top of a scholarship.
The first reason why student athletes should be paid is because scholarships that NCAA give to students don’t always cover full expenses (Christopher Davis Jr / Dylan Oliver Malagrino 2013). Universities promise students 4 year scholarships when NCAA only give 1 year scholarships and at any moment take the scholarship back if injuries happen or encounter takes place. Some scholarships cover the classes, books, and maybe dorms but leave out food, transportation or health coverage. …show more content…
It also can generate risk factors that you are most likely to get an injury. We found out that 85% of athletes had infections. 30.7% of them had upper respiratory tract infection. And 60.3% had EBV. And these student athletes trained between 14.3 plus or minus 5.9