The Consequences Of College Athletes
College athletes should be paid for playing because they do not have sufficient time to make money to help support themselves and universities profit from the athletes’ performances and identities even though these athletes are not directly rewarded for accumulating wealth for the …show more content…
These athletes are not being able to use their abilities to earn money and help them with expenses. College athletes are making the NCAA billions of dollars a year and are not getting rewarded for it because they are amateurs. If the athletes are so-called amateurs, than why do people continue to pay thousands of dollars to come watch the athletes compete? The NCAA claims the athletes are in college for the main purpose of academics, but athletes are missing class for games and tournaments weekly. Student athletes put valuable time and effort into their sport so that they can help provide profit and help promote universities. For whatever reason, these athletes get little to nothing in