There is a misperception that all athletic programs are profitable, and institutions are making money hand-over-fist. The argument is that because such institutions receive millions of dollars from the performance (labor) of student-athletes, they should get paid (Mitchell 1). Student-athletes are not employees or professional athletes who are paid salaries and incentives for a career in sports. They are students who gain admission to a college education through their participation in sports, for which they receive scholarships to pay tuition, fees, room and board and other allowable expenses. Participation in collegiate sports is not a student-athlete’s job. Because these athletes are not employees, it follows that they should not be unionized. Athletic scholarships should be improved to cover the full cost of attendance for both male and female student-athlete, but student-athletes should not get paid.
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They believe allowing athletes to collect a paycheck for playing would destroy the idea of the “student-athlete” and create several additional problems. Paying players would mean schools were essentially operating professional teams under the banner of an institution of higher learning says Amy Perko. Richard Southall says the demands placed on players at the top levels of college sports, particularly football and basketball; mean “they’ve been employees for a long time”. “Colleges are already compensating their student athletes with tuition, room, board, coaching, nutritional support and physical trainers that can exceed hundred thousand dollars per year in value. Student athletes are already paid, and the current system is pretty close to as fair as we are going to get,” wrote Jeffrey Dorfman (Quoted in Karaim 4). Rewarding football and basketball players based on market value would be unfair to other athletes. “You’re not going to pay everybody. There’s not enough money for that” says Ann Mayo (Quoted in Karaim
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They believe allowing athletes to collect a paycheck for playing would destroy the idea of the “student-athlete” and create several additional problems. Paying players would mean schools were essentially operating professional teams under the banner of an institution of higher learning says Amy Perko. Richard Southall says the demands placed on players at the top levels of college sports, particularly football and basketball; mean “they’ve been employees for a long time”. “Colleges are already compensating their student athletes with tuition, room, board, coaching, nutritional support and physical trainers that can exceed hundred thousand dollars per year in value. Student athletes are already paid, and the current system is pretty close to as fair as we are going to get,” wrote Jeffrey Dorfman (Quoted in Karaim 4). Rewarding football and basketball players based on market value would be unfair to other athletes. “You’re not going to pay everybody. There’s not enough money for that” says Ann Mayo (Quoted in Karaim