Should College Athletes Get Paid
“As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you, but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals”-(LeBron James). “In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I’ve been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball”-(Michael Jordan). The issue about college athletes playing sports is that they don’t get paid for the hard work that they do playing. Like LeBron said once you get into the professional sports like basketball, football, soccer,and baseball you’re gonna get people talking trash about you. Also like what Michael Jordan said too, if you’re playing a sport and you want to get into the pro sports you don’t know what kind of opportunities are going to be available for the stage of the pro athlete. I think college athletes should get paid for playing the sport they love to play.
“Some people think that if the players can bargain over their working conditions, they will want to be paid, just as professional athletes are. This may change college sports forever”-(Fred Brown). College athletes are gonna want to be paid just as pro athletes but that’s because they want to get used to …show more content…
Some Athletes receive exceedingly more aid than average student”-(Molly Bloch). Even though athletes receive exceedingly more aid than an average student. That athlete might have to buy groceries for their family, buy groceries for themselves, or they would have to pay a friend back for them borrowing money to buy something because they don’t have money on them. They should still get paid for playing sports because they’re putting all their hard work in a game and they don’t even get the money that they worked
“As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you, but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals”-(LeBron James). “In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I’ve been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball”-(Michael Jordan). The issue about college athletes playing sports is that they don’t get paid for the hard work that they do playing. Like LeBron said once you get into the professional sports like basketball, football, soccer,and baseball you’re gonna get people talking trash about you. Also like what Michael Jordan said too, if you’re playing a sport and you want to get into the pro sports you don’t know what kind of opportunities are going to be available for the stage of the pro athlete. I think college athletes should get paid for playing the sport they love to play.
“Some people think that if the players can bargain over their working conditions, they will want to be paid, just as professional athletes are. This may change college sports forever”-(Fred Brown). College athletes are gonna want to be paid just as pro athletes but that’s because they want to get used to …show more content…
Some Athletes receive exceedingly more aid than average student”-(Molly Bloch). Even though athletes receive exceedingly more aid than an average student. That athlete might have to buy groceries for their family, buy groceries for themselves, or they would have to pay a friend back for them borrowing money to buy something because they don’t have money on them. They should still get paid for playing sports because they’re putting all their hard work in a game and they don’t even get the money that they worked