The Importance Of College Athletes To Be Paid

In today's society watching or playing sports is most people's favorite “leisure” activity. Many people will choose a team as a youth and root for them for the rest of their life regardless of the team’s abilities. These lifelong obsessions include both professional and college level teams. In amateur sports, regardless of how many billions of dollars are passed around between the NCAA, its broadcast partners, and various sponsoring corporations, the players themselves still make no money. They are in a money wind machine but locked in a straight jacket. Somehow this doesn't seem right.
Throughout an athlete’s life the light at the end of the tunnel is becoming a collegiate athlete. Performing at the highest level of competition in their age group, for the top universities in the nations is what every adolescents dreams of. The ultimate is to do all of this while attending the university on a full scholarship. The best athletes in the nation attend their specific university on “full rides” and are truly to play sports. Not to attend the the university to further their education. With this being said what happens when the best athletes are worth more than their scholarships?
Colleges already have financial accounts set up …show more content…
Many of these players blamed poor investments, trusting unethical financial advisors, and lavish spending habits as the reason for their money troubles. If schools were to begin paying players, they could also help these students build a foundation of financial literacy. This would allow them to introduce these students athletes to financial investors who have their best interests in mind. Whether or not these college athletes go on to play professionally, they would at least, have some type of financial foundation to carry with them into whatever career they choose. This would (hopefully) set them up for a better