Plenty of people argue that it is unfair student athletes do not receive a salary with all of the hard work and dedication they put into the sports that they play for universities. However, these same people do not understand the reason these student athletes do not get paid to begin with. Allen Sanderson and John Siegfried explain that if college athletes received pay, there would be “general labor laws” that would not allow these athletes to practice and work as hard as they do today. These labor laws would also restrict them from receiving “workers’ compensation” if injured since they would still be “considered students rather than employees” (Sanderson and Siegfried). Therefore, college athletes would have to follow certain labor laws that
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Alan Shipnuck explains in his article that a college basketball player, Ed O’Bannon, devoted his whole college life to playing college basketball and after he graduated, he ended up not making it into the NBA. Therefore, he explains that O’Bannon did not have enough time in college to work a job to support his wife and child because of the amount of time that college basketball occupied in his life. In other words, people will argue that student athletes deserve a salary because of all the time and effort it takes to play a college sport. In support of this, Alan Neuhauser states in his article that student athletes practice “50 to 60 hours a week and put their bodies and their brains at risk.” In most cases, playing a sport for a university can be equivalent to working a full time job. Ryan Vanderford states in his journal that Cork Gains has found out that, “Meanwhile, a recent study found that a college football play at the University of Texas is work, on average, $578,000…” It is arguable that people say this is enough money for this particular athlete to receive a salary since he has earned a large amount of money for universities. People argue that because there is such a large sacrifice that student athletes make, they should earn income. Although this may be true, these athletes are getting a free education, unlike a lot of other unfortunate students attending the university. Student athletes should not receive a salary on top of their free
Alan Shipnuck explains in his article that a college basketball player, Ed O’Bannon, devoted his whole college life to playing college basketball and after he graduated, he ended up not making it into the NBA. Therefore, he explains that O’Bannon did not have enough time in college to work a job to support his wife and child because of the amount of time that college basketball occupied in his life. In other words, people will argue that student athletes deserve a salary because of all the time and effort it takes to play a college sport. In support of this, Alan Neuhauser states in his article that student athletes practice “50 to 60 hours a week and put their bodies and their brains at risk.” In most cases, playing a sport for a university can be equivalent to working a full time job. Ryan Vanderford states in his journal that Cork Gains has found out that, “Meanwhile, a recent study found that a college football play at the University of Texas is work, on average, $578,000…” It is arguable that people say this is enough money for this particular athlete to receive a salary since he has earned a large amount of money for universities. People argue that because there is such a large sacrifice that student athletes make, they should earn income. Although this may be true, these athletes are getting a free education, unlike a lot of other unfortunate students attending the university. Student athletes should not receive a salary on top of their free