I feel that all college athletes should be paid to play their sport. Not all college athletes will benefit off of sports by going professional. I will prove this by using a statistical analysis and documenting things that may happen if college athletes do not get paid. Erik He, of the University of Southern California, states, “Cody Kessler will have a fine career in the NFL and make millions of dollars . . . he is among the 1.6 percent of college football players who go pro”. Cody Kessler in 2015 was the starting Quarterback for the USC Trojans. He is now a contender for first pick in the NFL draft. Only the best of the best become a professional in sports; especially football. This shows that college athletes nearly 99% of the time end their
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As statistically noted by Erik He “. . the NCAA generates $11 billion in revenue annually, with 50 colleges exceeding $50 million in annual revenue”. Sports alone can make $11 BILLION for some colleges each year. One college can make $50 million dollars in one year, yet they can not pay back a fraction of that money in scholorships to the people that really need that money. In the same way one event can make multi-millions of dollars. Stanley D. Eitzen states that “Each team playing in a BCS (college championship and bowl games) game currently receives about $13,000,000 and, under the terms of the new contract, will receive around $17,000,000 in the final years of the agreement”. Let alone the BCS makes over ten million dollars. When colleges make well over ten millions dollars off of a sporting event it is not the right thing to not repay the people who really earn that money; the …show more content…
For example, those who disagree argue that college athletes are compensated with a scholarship. Joel Menderson of the University of Florida writes, “students get full scholarships to some of the country's best public and private universities and are able to achieve a level of education they otherwise may not be able to attain without the scholarship”. The students do get free education from schools around the country. Of course, College Athletes get scholarships. However, college athletes should be paid because they make more money off of the athlete than the athlete recieves. Erik He states, “Schools profit much more from an athlete such as Kessler than the quarterback gains from his scholarship”. Schools make millions of dollars from a single person who is only repayed with at most $300,000. Though some college athletes get to go to school for free, schools can make millions of dollars off of that one student. As a result, no matter what the college athletes are swindled for money that they really
As statistically noted by Erik He “. . the NCAA generates $11 billion in revenue annually, with 50 colleges exceeding $50 million in annual revenue”. Sports alone can make $11 BILLION for some colleges each year. One college can make $50 million dollars in one year, yet they can not pay back a fraction of that money in scholorships to the people that really need that money. In the same way one event can make multi-millions of dollars. Stanley D. Eitzen states that “Each team playing in a BCS (college championship and bowl games) game currently receives about $13,000,000 and, under the terms of the new contract, will receive around $17,000,000 in the final years of the agreement”. Let alone the BCS makes over ten million dollars. When colleges make well over ten millions dollars off of a sporting event it is not the right thing to not repay the people who really earn that money; the …show more content…
For example, those who disagree argue that college athletes are compensated with a scholarship. Joel Menderson of the University of Florida writes, “students get full scholarships to some of the country's best public and private universities and are able to achieve a level of education they otherwise may not be able to attain without the scholarship”. The students do get free education from schools around the country. Of course, College Athletes get scholarships. However, college athletes should be paid because they make more money off of the athlete than the athlete recieves. Erik He states, “Schools profit much more from an athlete such as Kessler than the quarterback gains from his scholarship”. Schools make millions of dollars from a single person who is only repayed with at most $300,000. Though some college athletes get to go to school for free, schools can make millions of dollars off of that one student. As a result, no matter what the college athletes are swindled for money that they really