Should College Athletes Get Paid Analysis

College athletes are some of the hardest working college students out there. If they start slacking in the class room, they can’t play. If they start slacking on the field, they get cut. Therefore, college athletes have to work twice as hard as the average student, and they have to work harder than the guy next to them on the field. Taking that into consideration should college athletes get any compensation for all their hard work? First of all, today college athletes are just now starting to get paid in part thanks to Ed O’Bannon. According to “Closing THE DEAL” by Alan Shipnuck,
“O'Bannon says the lawsuit is not about changing the game but rather about leveling the playing field financially. "I'm not trying to take away March Madness—I love it as much as you do," he says. …show more content…
Let’s investigate the cons. According to Forward Progress? According to “An Analysis of Whether Student Athletes Should Be Paid” by Christopher M Parent, “Even if born of the best intentions, pay for play is the worst of ideas.” He also said, “If we begin to equate a student-athlete's play with the recompense pocketed every month, we have skidded to the bottom of a very slippery slope.” If student athletes got paid would it be fair to academic scholarship students, and would everyone get paid the same from practice squad, to the starters? It could change the game where players are playing for the money and not with heart. When players play for the money they will tend to not care as much, and get lazy. If a football player gets lazy he will mess up and he may get hurt. Would players get in trouble because they are spending their money on drugs, or other items they shouldn’t be buying? These are all “what ifs” one could happen, all could happen, even none could happen. According to “Pay Student Athletes” by Sachin Shenolikar and Paul Ulane, Playing a college sport is a full-time job, and it's one that doesn't