College Sports and Money

College athletes should not be paid and the reasoning for that opinion is that college athletes attend school to get a degree not to become rich and famous afterwards. A majority of college athletes are attending school with all expenses paid so there is no reason for them to be receiving money from outside sources. If college athletes were to be paid for playing their specific sport then a lot of them would not try as hard as they do now because they don’t have to worry about making it to the pros, they would just settle for what they receive now. It is a privilege to be a part of a collegiate sports team, something kids dream of when they are young, it is not am occupation and something you should be paid for. The recruiting process would also be completely lost if college student athletes were paid.

The first reason of many to why athletes should not receive money for playing their specific sport is because college student athletes attend college to get an education and not to major in becoming rich and famous. Every college student attends schooling for one reason and that’s to further their education beyond high school and make something of themselves. Education is important in many young lives because it is what their future will consist of, it is what betters them for their career. If a student is going to be attending a university and playing a sport, school should come first especially if that student-athlete is on a full ride. There is no reason why a college student athlete should worry about making money while attending school, because there number one goal while they are there is to obtain some form of degree, and major in something that they want. Attending college with a mindset of going pro and nothing else won...

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...d receiving a diploma in something they want to do. A college athlete is someone who should better them self in school and act as a role model for kids wanting to play collegiate sports, sometimes some of the reason why kids who are being recruited choose a specific school is because of a athlete who is on that team, and many times that athlete is someone who inspired them and got them to the position they are in, and that’s playing at a University as a college athlete.

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