If people started to get paid to play they will start playing only for the money and not because of their love of the sport that they are playing. If they started getting paid the college and university athletic departments would turn into enterprises. In the article, “Cracking the Cartel,” Theodore Ross’ said “To me, the tragedy at the heart of college sports is college sports. Paying the players would only ensure the continuation of athletic programs as currently constructed. Everything would remain as it is, with the freakishly lucrative enterprises that are Division I college football and basketball nestled awkwardly within our higher education system.” This shows that if you pay college athletes to play it would only ensure that everything will remain the same throughout the
If people started to get paid to play they will start playing only for the money and not because of their love of the sport that they are playing. If they started getting paid the college and university athletic departments would turn into enterprises. In the article, “Cracking the Cartel,” Theodore Ross’ said “To me, the tragedy at the heart of college sports is college sports. Paying the players would only ensure the continuation of athletic programs as currently constructed. Everything would remain as it is, with the freakishly lucrative enterprises that are Division I college football and basketball nestled awkwardly within our higher education system.” This shows that if you pay college athletes to play it would only ensure that everything will remain the same throughout the