Why Do Student Athletes Get Overpaid

Getting a career right after graduation and starting the life always wanted is a college kid’s dream. From the grueling late night and early morning study sessions trying to cram all the information for the big test the next day, to running around all day all over the campus to get to classes or trying to decide if one should splurge on a pizza for dinner or stick to good old Top Ramen. Now for student athletes, add additional hours and tasks to the day, such as waking up before dawn every day for a two hour workout, going to a full day of class then right after back to hours of practice that entails couple of them on the field then inside for film then finish off the night with the homework from classes. Where is the time to get a job and make a little money for one’s self? How are student athletes supposed to eat when …show more content…
Division 1 (D-1) schools push their athletes to limits they have never been exposed to before in order to make money and have millions coming in to the school through ticket sales, statistics, and entertainment. The NCAA should budget a couple of the million to compensate the student athletes for all their time, hard work, and for putting their bodies on the line for the sake of the school name. Going to bed hungry is in no one’s best interest, especially if the mind and body are pushed to extreme levels day in and day out. In 2014 a college student athlete had these remarks to say, “I don’t feel student-athletes should get hundreds of thousands of dollars, but like I said, there are hungry nights that I go to bed and I’m starving” (Ganim). This was not stated in a little interview for a school paper, it was on a nationally televised championship basketball game. With that statement being said and