The NCAA rakes in on average $12 billion in revenues annually that flow in through college athletics programs(Finley, 2015). The latest and biggest debate is "Whether or not college athletes should get paid?". When college athletes go to college they are not allowed to earn any money while they are participating in athletics, but is that fair? Generally they are putting in full time work hours(40/week) or sometimes even more. As more and more college athletes are struggling to get by through and in some cases after college, it 's time for them to start earning some form of compensation in return for the hard work they put in for their schools. The NCAA all began on March 31, 1906. There are 1,281 colleges that make up this organization, each
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On average college athletes put in 40-plus hours a week into their sports which is comparable to a full time job(Khan 2015). Also in their “job” they bring food qualities to the table for their organizations such as work ethic, determination and talent which helps them be successful in their respective sport. The amount of time they spend compromises their academics, graduating debt free from college with just a piece of paper does not equate to a post graduation job which most of the athletes will need considering only a minuscule percent make it to the professional level. When athletes have road games that could possibly be across the country they spend days on transportation going there and back which means they end up missing their classes without a way to make them up, that really interferes with their studies(He 2015). The NBA only takes 60 players a year from college where their are thousands of college basketball players. Thats shows the small amount of people that actually make it the rest need to go out into the real work force and get a real 40 hour a week job for the rest of their working lives without any starting money because they weren 't allowed to earn any money throughout their collegiate …show more content…
With the NCAA raking in on average $12 billion in revenues annually that flow in through college athletics programs, the actual athletes deserve some type of benefits other than leaving college breaking even because they don 't have to pay tuition. They need to be able to save up some money for when they depart from college to get their working life started. They put the same amount of time as people that work full time jobs, working 40 hours a week or sometimes even more. They put their bodies through so much having to deal with the workout programs to stay strong and the dieting programs to keep them fit and able to compete at the best of their ability. As stated in “When 's Payday for collegians?”, we should envision an arrangement where students-athletes receive labor law protections, competitive compensation, and more through medical coverage(Sanderson 2015). This shows that that they are being treated wrongfully not receiving
On average college athletes put in 40-plus hours a week into their sports which is comparable to a full time job(Khan 2015). Also in their “job” they bring food qualities to the table for their organizations such as work ethic, determination and talent which helps them be successful in their respective sport. The amount of time they spend compromises their academics, graduating debt free from college with just a piece of paper does not equate to a post graduation job which most of the athletes will need considering only a minuscule percent make it to the professional level. When athletes have road games that could possibly be across the country they spend days on transportation going there and back which means they end up missing their classes without a way to make them up, that really interferes with their studies(He 2015). The NBA only takes 60 players a year from college where their are thousands of college basketball players. Thats shows the small amount of people that actually make it the rest need to go out into the real work force and get a real 40 hour a week job for the rest of their working lives without any starting money because they weren 't allowed to earn any money throughout their collegiate …show more content…
With the NCAA raking in on average $12 billion in revenues annually that flow in through college athletics programs, the actual athletes deserve some type of benefits other than leaving college breaking even because they don 't have to pay tuition. They need to be able to save up some money for when they depart from college to get their working life started. They put the same amount of time as people that work full time jobs, working 40 hours a week or sometimes even more. They put their bodies through so much having to deal with the workout programs to stay strong and the dieting programs to keep them fit and able to compete at the best of their ability. As stated in “When 's Payday for collegians?”, we should envision an arrangement where students-athletes receive labor law protections, competitive compensation, and more through medical coverage(Sanderson 2015). This shows that that they are being treated wrongfully not receiving