We have all heard both sides of the argument, many times. ESPN and Fox Sports have stuck this issue into our brains, no matter what people think. The issue of whether or not college athletes should be paid is a prolonged and heated debate. Whenever it seems to have gone away it comes right back again to the front page of the sports section. From the good and bad of the NCAA, to the pros and cons of income for athletes, and the motives of athletes today. This paper should help decipher all of the facts and opinions of the crazy argument that is spinning out of control. First of all, this topic has gone way, way back, “The idea of paying college athletes to compete dates back to what is considered to be the first intercollegiate competition…
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A lot of kids who play youth sports play just for fun, which is great, but a lot of kids also play to get good, and play in college. When most people picture this they think of football or basketball, but it could be swimming, field hockey, or equestrian. Now, sometimes people go a bit overboard, but a burning desire to do well is mostly a good thing. People today that have played and are retired or people surrounded by the game tend to think that playing should be purely for the love of the game, many also think that players don’t live with that mindset when they are playing, even though they should be. Lindsey Wilson of ESPN says the best and easiest way to be a good high school to college transition basketball player is to, “Play for the love of the game. Play only for the love of the game.” This is powerful advice and really speaks the heart of the college-spectator position. Tony Manfred writes that only one-point-two of college basketball players make it to the professional level. This is alarmingly small rate. “This is the age of the youth-sports industrial complex, where men make a living putting on tournaments for 7-year-olds, and parents subject their children to tryouts and pay good money for the right to enter into it,”
A lot of kids who play youth sports play just for fun, which is great, but a lot of kids also play to get good, and play in college. When most people picture this they think of football or basketball, but it could be swimming, field hockey, or equestrian. Now, sometimes people go a bit overboard, but a burning desire to do well is mostly a good thing. People today that have played and are retired or people surrounded by the game tend to think that playing should be purely for the love of the game, many also think that players don’t live with that mindset when they are playing, even though they should be. Lindsey Wilson of ESPN says the best and easiest way to be a good high school to college transition basketball player is to, “Play for the love of the game. Play only for the love of the game.” This is powerful advice and really speaks the heart of the college-spectator position. Tony Manfred writes that only one-point-two of college basketball players make it to the professional level. This is alarmingly small rate. “This is the age of the youth-sports industrial complex, where men make a living putting on tournaments for 7-year-olds, and parents subject their children to tryouts and pay good money for the right to enter into it,”