Should Student Athletes Be Paid Essay

Register to read the introduction… Unfortunately what critics lack to admit is that normal student’s face these same issues, being involved in on campus clubs and other ordeals those normal students face no one truly has a lot of time to get a job. Athletes have built in connections that non-athletes do not have, so being on an athletic team is by far more advantageous then simply being a student. So why should student athletes be the only students benefitting monetarily for their hard work (College Athletes). No one is enslaving nor, “forcing these athlete-students to play football. Don't hand me the garbage about it being their only opportunity in life. Opportunities for a good education are there if they are willing to work as much at that as at football”. (Sloan S. and Favero D. 1) Scholastics in student athletes unfortunately take a back seat role in their college years, because students believe that they are indeed helping the university. Every student helps the university in some form so what differentiates a student athlete from a regular student? Critics say that students should be paid for going above and beyond and taking time out of their day to practice or to play a sport that they could be studying or doing something scholastically related. This idea is exactly what causes strife within a student body. Scholar athletes are disunited from their peers, because their …show more content…
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