College Athletes Deserve to Be Paid

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Sports were created for the enjoyment of beings and friendly competition. Today society has shifted the friendly competition to more of a money based system rather than fun and games. The typical athletes’ road to success is starting from a young age, playing in high school, and then receiving a scholarship for College and all athletes overall objective is to constantly get better and play professionally. Universities have really manipulated athletes in the world today giving them “free education” for the exchange of their blood, sweet, and tears, while they receive revenue that athletes bring in yearly. It is very evident that College athletes deserve to be paid, and universities need to find a way to pay them a reasonably amount because of all the revenue they bring into each of their universities.
College universities yearly recruit athletes from all-around the world to show case their talents to the public. Since January 13th 1973, the scholarship system was developed and from then on out gave recruits reasoning’s on why they should join their universities. The NCAA athletic system was divided into 3 divisions in 1973, Division I, Division II, and Division III. From then on out it was the universities intentions to recruit the most talented athletes that fit their Colleges and would help them win their Division championship. Every sport at each University is allowed a certain number of full –ride scholarships. At each Division 1 school Football is credited with the most scholarship offers yearly with 85. While other sports such as Division I tennis receive a whopping number of 14 scholarships. “Most College athletes earn a spot on the team with some level of funding in their pocket by marketing themselves” (Scholarship A...

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...letes are treated un-fairly and more so treated like slaves with the amount of work they have to do, regarding school and their sport. College athletes deserve to be paid because they have continuously risk their time, bodies, and lives to help universities.

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