College Athletes: Should They Get Paid?

Should students be able to unionize or negotiate with their college so they can become paid like an employee? Would those being paid help them achieve their goals for school? I think that would help them easier achieve and have more resources to be able to further endorse their education, further educate them on the skills necessary for the national football league on how negotiations would go and how they need to progress themselves to gain more. On a collegiate level of any sport the level of responsibility would be increased, and with this responsibility comes with a lot of dedication and time to be put in. a normal college athlete’s football schedule and school schedule wouldn’t normally allow them to have much time …show more content…
To pay a collegiate athlete would be the same as having a paid internship it help the person who is trying to learn gain an experience that they would be able to apply to multiple aspects in life. A school with a union would have a lot more to offer to the athlete than a school without one. For example at Florida Atlantic University here is a student union which has a multitude of office to help them with their need plenty of freshmen go their looking for help on where things are located on campus. I personally have been there with my peers on the first day to find where the classes are and this helped me a lot. I’m sure that that the schools without a union that isn’t there for the student to have access to a physical person whose only purpose is to help the student. But this also ties in with something that could contradictory to Minerva’s belief how a physical campus isn’t necessary for a higher education in Graeme Wood’s article “Is College Doomed”. That something could be the thought of a union building or having places readily available to be accessed by the general public on the regular. In the student union it bring together the thoughts of Yo-Yo Ma’s thoughts in his thinking of a reform for education on his thoughts of globalization and a mix of cultures coming together in “Necessary Edges: Arts, …show more content…
But at the same time it teaches them that they could be dropped at any time and to always try and be the best man available. It readily puts them in the mindset to always be on their toes and never to become a slacker in any form. Just like their play time their pay is determined based off how hard they work. It come with the higher education goal of teaching the student how to prosper in other aspects than academics, it help build character and shapes them for society. They gain traits and become more disciplined than they already were even trying to get the scholarship for college. Athletes who reach to a college level of the sport have a usually high drive for the sport itself and to then be paid for doing something they love could help with the moral of the player also. If the players do get paid and motivation increases then grade can be affected also. A higher graduation rate would cause the state to provide more federal funding which could then be invested back into the college to help tides with financial or have more staff to aid the students. If there is more money available then it could be smartly invested into the students. To get the best result the smartest thing to do would be to actually invest in the student so the