Athletes spend most of their life trying to get to where they are and they can have it taken away from them in an instant. So with that being said I 'm going to go out on a limb and say that at least 70% of athletes who choose to play college sports want to go even further and become pros. Now God forbid but there is a high possibility of career ending injuries and if that happens they have nothing to fall back on and in some cases they can even lose their scholarships and have to pay out of pocket for medical expenses and school expenses. Like I said before most of these college athletes want to go pro and get what they worked so very hard for …show more content…
In a way it’s almost like slavery with small benefits to be honest. Colleges are supposed to be created for people to get an education. But in reality these so called “non profitable organizations” are really in it for the money. Reason why I say this is because they go out and recruit the top athletes coming out of high school, not to come and get an education, but to help the university make tons of money. Like I said before, the same top athletes are aiming for the pros so they can get that big check. Most of them usually enter their name in the pro draft after completing one year of college depending on what sport they’re playing. Also there have been many pro athletes that said they would have stayed in college all four years if they were getting paid at least enough to take care of themselves and immediate family. I believe there are a lot more pros rather than cons if the NCAA were to implement this and I think it’d be great if they could come up with any fair compensation for these