The long time debate of whether or not to pay student athletes for their work on the field has been battled for years. Currently the NCAA is providing resources to aid in the success of 460,000 college athletes that make up 19,000 teams (NCAA.org). The resources they are providing, include: compensation for room and board, tuition, and books. To give money beyond those things: has the potential to ruin the authenticity of college athletics, will produce unfairness throughout each of the sports, and blurs the line of the privileges these student athletes receive. With that said, NCAA schools should not be permitted to pay student-athletes for play beyond their current athletic scholarships. The NCAA is a nonprofit association committed to
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First off, if one team wants to start paying their players, based on the amount of revenue that teams produces, it would flag the question as to whether or not all athletes for each sport in the college should be paid. Some people who are involved will be against all teams getting paid and others will be for it. If schools decided to only pay certain players, other teams or athletes may quit from this unfair, discriminating act. If they only pay the biggest revenue making teams, commonly football and basketball, are all players going to get paid, even those who sit on the bench? “Commonly, players and their families often overestimate a player’s market worth. They fail to recognize how many equally talented players are competing for a salary” (Thelin). Those who sit on the bench may be just as talented at those who play on the field, but where do you draw the line of who gets paid and what …show more content…
According to Chudacoff, “These athletes are already treated like campus royalty, enjoying far more perks, and richer ones, than their classmates could dream of.” We already know of all the awesome facilities, staff, and several other perks that these athletes receive, very similar to ones of professional sports teams. If universities feel the need to continue to grow their facilities and image because other campuses are doing the same, the average student may begin to feel unfairly treated. It will feel as though the sport is more important than education. Average students will begin to ask why can’t the university put more money into funding new educational facilities to better expand their expensive education. They are going to school to learn and succeed, not just give their money to a high-rated college sports team and facilities. Player salaries will hinder the campus atmosphere as a whole and compromise everyone’s
First off, if one team wants to start paying their players, based on the amount of revenue that teams produces, it would flag the question as to whether or not all athletes for each sport in the college should be paid. Some people who are involved will be against all teams getting paid and others will be for it. If schools decided to only pay certain players, other teams or athletes may quit from this unfair, discriminating act. If they only pay the biggest revenue making teams, commonly football and basketball, are all players going to get paid, even those who sit on the bench? “Commonly, players and their families often overestimate a player’s market worth. They fail to recognize how many equally talented players are competing for a salary” (Thelin). Those who sit on the bench may be just as talented at those who play on the field, but where do you draw the line of who gets paid and what …show more content…
According to Chudacoff, “These athletes are already treated like campus royalty, enjoying far more perks, and richer ones, than their classmates could dream of.” We already know of all the awesome facilities, staff, and several other perks that these athletes receive, very similar to ones of professional sports teams. If universities feel the need to continue to grow their facilities and image because other campuses are doing the same, the average student may begin to feel unfairly treated. It will feel as though the sport is more important than education. Average students will begin to ask why can’t the university put more money into funding new educational facilities to better expand their expensive education. They are going to school to learn and succeed, not just give their money to a high-rated college sports team and facilities. Player salaries will hinder the campus atmosphere as a whole and compromise everyone’s