Adam Anderson
Ms. Zeman
English 2
6 April 2017
Rough Draft
The National College Athletics Association earns more than a billion dollars a year and does basically nothing with it and nobody know why. They should be paying hard working college athletes. The National College Athletics Association should pay college athletes because players in the NBA are being paid. They’re almost at the pro level, they put in a lot of effort into their games, they are loyal to their team, they play sports instead of having a job so they should get paid for playing like it’s their job, and most of the coaches agree that they should be paid. These college students are almost at the highest level in sports and they still have not been paid. Good athletes could
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Being paid now let's them take more college courses and not just leave early (Mama). College students are smart enough to know if they need money or need to learn. Most athletes choose money because of not being paid in college. Even though they are getting some of the same experience in college, most players that they play end up going into the NBA and this sets them up to do better in the NBA. So in other words, they will end up getting paid and NCAA knows that, but they are to cheap to give away their money. The NCAA has enough money to pay the players and most of the world watches them play, so they should pay them because of the athletes getting everyone to watch and make them money (Patterson). The NCAA earns more than a billion dollars each year, but yet they save it up and do nothing with it. They aren’t selfless enough to let athletes in need of money, have it. These players are smart enough to know when they should be paid for something in life. Miles Bridges, a freshman from Michigan State University, replied that he knows he will go pro in a few years if not this year. He said that he will only stay if he’s paid. …show more content…
Buddy Hield, a player from Oklahoma stayed all four years of college to see if he could be paid or if he would even be looked at for such treatment. He thought about how they don’t do anything for him except let him play, but he bring everything back by helping the team to victory. He’s one of few college athletes that actually stay all four years to help his team. No other player has the confidence and ability to stay all four years and then go to the NBA, but somehow Buddy Hield made it work (ESPN). He stays loyal and it pays off. He made two degrees in college and earned money from his parents because he stayed. Not from the NCAA, but from his family because of him showing his loyalty to his team. Tracy Abrams, an Illinois player was at college for six years and earned three degrees and worked in the gym to help his team all day almost every day of the week and started almost everyday. He was injured too, but yet he fought back and showed that he was worth keeping. If they can't pay someone who is that loyal to his team, I don’t know what they are waiting for. As a redshirt freshman he showed talent, but was hurt a lot. We didn’t think he would stay, but the coach was positive about him staying. After all six years of college the coach said, not one day did I think about cutting him. He is a fighter and someone who can do it all (ESPN). He did everything I asked, and what the trainer wanted
“I 'm really not into selling the school,” Hoyt said. “I 'm not going to talk anyone into playing basketball for me. It needs to be a marriage. They need to want me as much as I want them, otherwise it won 't work. I am going to let them know why it 's a great place for them, and why it may, or may not be a good decision for them. But at the end of the day, I want them to make the best decision for themselves, because it 's a huge decision moving forward. I let them know that they are going to be looked after while they are here by not only myself, but the community as well. It will be difficult at times, but they will succeed. This place was designed for them to be successful.”
These athletes are being cheated out of money by the people who should be looking out for their best interest. The corruption going on with the NCAA must be fixed, and these athletes deserve to be paid. They do so much for their university and the NCAA; there is no reasonable explanation as to why they shouldn’t be fairly compensated. The NCAA has to recognize what they are doing to these athletes is unjustifiable. There must be a change in this system.
The story of Korleone Young is a saddening one. Korleone was one of the top high school basketball players in the nation while he was in high school. At all the summer basketball camps, he played above his high school peers. During his senior season he dominated all his team’s competition. He had every major Division I basketball program wanting to give him a full scholarship. All of the national powerhouses like Duke, North Carolina, Michigan State, and many more all recruited Korleone heavily. He also had another bug in his ear. The recent trend of high school stars like Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bryant skipping college to go to the pros appealed to him. He figured since he was a star he could skip college too. This was a big mistake. While his counterparts, Garnett and Bryant were drafted in the first round, Korleone fell to the second round. Once he got into camp he proved he was not ready for the physical style of play. After a couple seasons spent on injured reserve he is now out of the league.
The schools should not be paying them a salary, but rather allowing their athletes to receive money for their likeness, and/or time. Now not every player is good enough to be promoted like others, it would raise the playing field in college football. It’s very selfish of the NCAA to promote these players and making money off of them with compensating them. When you look at it; it’s si...
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Until just recently according to an article in the Harvard Journal, “in the past twelve years, the amount of money generated by [football and basketball] has increased nearly 300%, such that they now fund almost all other sports programs” (Meshefejian). This points out that if student athletes were given a salary, the only athletes that would receive it are those in basketball and football. The less popular sports athletes would either switch to these two sports, or continue playing the sport they love while their colleagues thrive in the sport they love while getting an
As much as we want our favorite college athletes to stay in school for four years, that is not always realistic. Imagine this: a young kid who dreams about being an astronaut does not dream of going to school to become an astronaut. They dream about being an astronaut. Same for the most talented basketball players. They dream about playing in the NBA, not at the collegiate level.
College athletes generate millions of dollars for their schools each year, yet they are not allowed to be compensated beyond a scholarship due to being considered amateurs. College athletes are some of the hardest working people in the nation, having to focus on both school courses and sports. Because athletics take so much time, these student-athletes are always busy. College football and basketball are multi-billion dollar businesses. The NCAA does not want to pay the athletes beyond scholarships, and it would be tough to work a new compensation program into the NCAA and university budgets. College athletes should be compensated in some form because they put in so much time and effort, generating huge amounts of revenue.
Colleges make a plethora of money off of the sports teams and the players do not see any of that money at all but if they do then their performance would be poor on the field and off the field as well. According to Fred Bowen, “only football and men’s basketball are money-making college sports. Most others, such as field hockey, wrestling and swimming, do not attract big crowds or make big bucks.” (Should college athletes get paid?). Also the sports team that give out the most money for athletes to come and play for them, are football and men’s basketball. “Critics of paying college athletes note that only a small number of them compete in sports or on teams that actually generate revenue. They argue that if players were paid, a handful of exceptional athletes would receive large salaries while most players would receive a pittance, and would probably no longer be offered valuable athletic scholarships” (Paying College Athletes). It is not a surprise to anyone that the main athletes that do want to be paid is football and basketball players. They want to be paid because they bring in all of the money for the school and the...
through scholarships, these scholarships will help them get money later on in life using their degrees. The podcast by Doug Merril also said "being a college athlete is a choice it defiantly isn't a mandatory thing." Becoming a college athlete is a decision each player has to make the individual player chose to play a particular sport this does not warrant the right for a player to get paid if they want to be paid be good enough to play after college
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College athletics is a billion dollar industry and has been for a long time. Due to the increasing ratings of college athletics, this figure will continue to rise. It’s simple: bigger, faster, stronger athletes will generate more money. College Universities generate so much revenue during the year that it is only fair to the players that they get a cut. College athletes should get paid based on the university’s revenue, apparel sales, and lack of spending money.
Another reason that college athletes should not be paid is because they are, under NCAA rules, to be considered amateurs. In the National Collegiate Athletic Association Rules it states, “College athletes are not to be paid, not to cash in on their prominence, never to cross any kind of line of professionalism.” Steve Wieberg, of the USA Today, studied the rules that the NCAA has placed on paying college athletes. He concludes that, “Athletic programs are meant to be an integral part of the educational program” (Weinberg). The reoccurring theme here should be obvious now —education is the most important part of the student’s time in college and being an athlete should come second.