The NCAA does not pay college football athletes salary already and they should keep it that way. One reason college athletes play is to be recognized by NFL scouts because it is their dream to play professionally. They have risks playing football like injury and many other things, so some people say that the players should be paid salary so they have money to help with living, injury, etc. Some people will argue that they have the opportunity to make to the NFL and they also receive other things from the NCAA, so they should not be paid a salary. Overall the college athletes should not be paid salary to play college football because they receive financial living assistance, they receive free/or assisted pay for education to represent their …show more content…
school, and they lose the love or track of the game because of the money. First off, college football athletes receive financial living assistance. College football athletes can receive Pell Grants from the government. A Pell Grant is a grant from the government for college education if the student that are unable to pay for college or struggles to pay for it. The difference between a college loan and a Pell Grant is that a college loan must be paid back with interest while Pell Grants do not have to be paid back. This means that the Pell Grant is free money that the football student athlete can use to pay for tuition, books, campus living, and/or meal plans. In addition, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (or NCAA) is collegiate level sport association that organizes may of the collegiate level sporting events and seasons. The NCAA had a student assistance fund from the money they roll in every year. According to the NCAA, “A total of $73,514,000 will be sent to Division I conference offices in late August 2013 for the former Student-Athlete Opportunity Fund and Special Assistance Fund.”(NCAA, 1). Also according to the NCAA, “As a guiding principle, the [Student Assistance] fund shall be used to assist student-athletes in meeting financial needs that arise in conjunction with participation in intercollegiate athletics, enrollment in an academic curriculum or that recognize academic achievement.” (NCAA,1). This means and financial situations that a player that makes money would not have has let the NCAA set up a fund to assist their wonderful up and coming student football stars to the NFL. At this point, student benefits greatly help with the other costs that are not covered by Pell Grants, loans, or scholarships. According to USA TODAY Sports analysis has found that, “Two recent changes in NCAA rules are resulting in major-college athletes receiving nearly $160 million a year in additional benefits” (Berkowitz, 1). This $160 million is no-where near the money that everyone gets. The top tier athletes such as a college athlete like number one projected draft pick, Myles Garrett. This means that the immense amounts of money will be spent on no more than probably two athletes but, for many schools there would not be any students receiving additional benefits that high because quite frankly there are one maybe two superstars in a draft (college to NFL). This means that $160 million is spent on one student football athlete in one maybe two schools so, many schools would have more money to spread about many student football athletes. Next, college football athletes receive free/or assisted pay for education. According to scholarshipstastics.com, college football athletes can get up to $42,443 scholarship to college (scholarshipstastics.com, 1). College athletes that get scholarships to schools is a great amount of potential future debt gone. This immensely helps the student. The scholarships can cover the cost of books, supplies, room and board, and sometimes even living expenses. This means that there is no education cost at all for the college football athlete. Secondly, scholarships are awarded to the best of players. This means if the star player goes to that college then he will make that colleges team better. Collegiate level football athletics is a huge this for its players. They are constantly being watched by big time NFL scouts. Playing at a top level sometimes “pays off” literally. The final point is, college football players could make a few hundred dollars. The NCAA will oftentimes give schools money for playing at an amazing. This is because the NCAA is more likely to have more tickets and and television viewers if there are amazing teams playing. This makes more money for the NCAA therefor they “award” the colleges that win Bowls or make other achievements. The NCAA will go as far as giving the player a gift of money if they win MVP or other personal awarded so, the NCAA gives a couple hundred dollars to the player that won as a congratulatory gift. Although they are getting paid because they have played to a great level this is not paying to play because they are not getting paid salary and it is from the NCAA not from fans where it is actually illegal to pay the players to play a game. Finally, college football players lose the love or track of the game because of the money. For one, the college players are quite frankly just not financially matured to be paid the big amounts of money that salary would pay them. The college football athletes might major or minor in finance but, their main focus is on football. Also there might only a handful of students that might be majoring or minoring in finance and football athletes so, really many football college athletes have little to no financial background and no experience handling potentially millions of dollars that they would receive for a salary. They would focus less on the game because they are so side tracked with their money. Secondly, the college football players would play with less effort because there is no need to impress NFL scouts. The sole reason that anyone plays college sports is so they can make it to the highest level possible it's the dream every little kid has, to play for a professional team. If college athletes make millions of dollars a year that might ruin their dream because why would they want to play if they already have millions even billions of dollars. This means there is no need to impress scouts so, there would be less top tier players, less income to the NCAA or other major college affiliations because no one wants to pay for tickets or pay for a channel on television is the two teams play horribly. If the NCAA or other college affiliations made less money paychecks for the football athletes would go down and that would be very complicated to rain and lower salary according to how much the college is funded in the athletics department. In all end the football athlete would be so wrapped up in the money play effort would most likely decrease immensely. Lastly, the college player would have less drive to play for their favorite NFL team. If the money was brought into the NCAA or other college affiliations then the NFL is a kind of side gig that is is just extra money for the college player if they can make it to the NFL. The college player could have the same amount of money as a NFL player after his junior or senior years. Therefore the college athletes dreams of playing for teams like the New England Patriots or the Seattle Seahawks would go to the waist side because they already have money and they just would want more money impeding their hopes and dreams they had as a kid or even as a young adult. Some people may argue that college athletes should be paid because the NCAA or other affiliates make so much money, college athletes receive gifts in the form of money from the NCAA or their people, and the college athletes risk their lives every game.
First, some people think the college athletes should get salary paid by the college affiliates because they make enormous amounts of money. These people are mistaken sorely. The NCAA r other college affiliates actually put a great amount of money into the student football athletes. Things such as scholarships, financial living assistance and financial benefits from the NCAA all come out of them money they bring in each year. Salary would just replace the working system that is already in place for the college football players. Second, some people think that if college athletes receive gifts from the NCAA and/or gifts from other people in the form of money they should be paid salary instead. If the NCAA gives college football ot college athletes in general salary they are actually committing a crime. Accoring to the NCAA, “Pursuant to NCAA Bylaw 15.01.6.2, member institutions and conferences shall not use monies received from the fund for the following. Salaries and benefits...”(NCAA, 1). This is saying that anyone who receives money from the NCAA or anyone else and uses it for a salary is a punishable crime. If the players receive salary then, rules would have to be changed enormously because of the huge restrictions of receiving money for playing and for salary. The gifts that the NCAA give are not salary they are the equivalent to a bonus a few hundred dollars for reaching a high achievement. Lastly, some people think that the college players risk their lives every game. According to the NCAA, “The NCAA provides all student-athletes at all active member institutions coverage under the catastrophic program, and the NCAA pays 100 percent of the current $13.5 million premium. This program provides $20 million in
lifetime benefits to student-athletes who become totally disabled while practicing or playing.”(NCAA,1). Injury insurance is nothing to worry about when you play under the NCAA. They provide 100 percent of the premium insurance for every student athlete. College athletes receive financial living assistance, they receive free/or assisted pay for education to represent their school, and they lose the love or track of the game because of the money, so they should not be paid salary to play college football. People should support no college football salary. They can support this by informing other people why college football athletes should not be paid or they could even go as far as getting involved in the NCAA organization and spread their views against college football salary. They could also write to the NCAA about why they should eliminate any ideas of paying their athletes salary. The college payers should not be paid and the NCAA is right, college football athletes should not be paid.
First lets explore the history behind the paying of college athletes. Over the past 50 years the NCAA has been in control of all Div.1, 2 and 3 athletic programs. The NCAA is an organization that delegates and regulates what things college athletes can and can’t do. These regulations are put in place under the label of ‘protecting amateurism’ in college sports. This allots
Tyson Hartnett of The Huffington Post once said “Even with any type of scholarship, college athletes are typically dead broke.” This quote regards a tremendous controversy that has been talked about for the past few years. He talks about whether or not college athletes should be paid for their duties. Despite the fact college athletes are not professionals, they should most certainly be paid for playing for their respective schools due to many factors. These factors include health risks and the income bring in for their colleges as well as to the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
This is a horrible oppressive system that must be fixed. 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 paid. They do so much for their University and the NCAA, there is no reasonable explanation 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 players have become employees of the NCAA as much as students -- employees with no compensation, which not only violates common decency but perhaps even the law.
Over the years, the debate on whether or not to pay collegiate athletes, specifically Division 1, has increased greatly. With athletes bringing in millions of dollars to their respective schools, many believe it’s time to make a change. The debate has been ongoing since the 70’s, maybe even earlier, but it really came to the attention of many in the early 90’s, specifically 1995. Marcus Camby, a basketball player for the Toronto Raptors, admitted he took money and jewelry, from somebody who wanted to be his agent, while he was playing at the University of Massachusetts. This was one of many incidents that involved a player accepting money and other gifts from an agent and/or booster. I believe that college athletes deserve to be paid in some fashion. They devote their whole life to their sport, whether or not they are the starters, and most will not go on to the pros, even though they contribute to the team. They sell tickets, jerseys, T-shirts etc. for their school, and see none of the money. Coaches sign six figure deals with shoe companies, like Nike, Reebok, Converse, and the players are the ones wearing the shoes and jerseys, the coaches have on whatever they want. Even though just recently the NCAA Committee allowed athletes to get a job; between schoolwork, and practices, they don’t have enough time to find a job. Most of the kids come from poor backgrounds, and don’t have enough money to do normal college things, like going out to eat, going on a date, or out to the movies.
Should college athletes receive pay for what they do? You’ve probably seen this pop-up a million times, and thought about it. You’ve probably figured why should they? Aren’t they already receiving benefits from a full-ride scholarship? But then an athlete will get caught up in a scandal like Johnny Manziel, where he signed footballs for money.. then you think well why shouldn’t he receive that money? And you then contradict yourself. But shouldn’t they receive money from outside sources, and then the benefits from the school. Not get a salary from the school just the benefits they’re already receiving, and money from sponsors. Wouldn’t that make sense considering the money they’re making the school? According to an ESPN report Alabama University makes $123,769,841 in total revenue from sports. (College Athletics Revenue) Yes ONE HUNDRED & TWENTY THREE MILLION. Yet an athlete from Alabama can only receive benefits from a scholarship.. That doesn’t seem right. You would want to be payed when the opportunity arises. It should only be fair these players get a piece of the revenue pie, after all they are the ones creating the revenue. The players should be getting benefits to allow them to pay for basic college needs, grow up to be responsible adults, and allow the NCAA to thrive. This would allow for the NCAA to truly thrive as a sporting association.
College athletes juggle busy academic and practice schedules all throughout their stressful weeks, so why shouldn't they be compensated for their time dedicated to sports? NCAA rules strictly prohibits players from being paid for all the hard work they do to protect “amateurism”, but are you really an amateur putting in over 40 hours a week between practice and other activities? Although students earn a college scholarship, that doesn’t cover living expenses, and access to a degree at the end of their career, players should be paid because schools, coaching staffs and major corporations are profiting off their free labor.
A question that has been rising to the surface lately is “should college athletes be paid a salary?” One cannot get on the internet now a day and not see some kind of college sport headline. The world of college sports has been changed greatly the past decade due to college athletes. These athletes make insurmountable amounts of money and an unbelievable amount of recognition for the universities. The athletes that provide and make a ton of revenue for the colleges also spend a huge amount of their time practicing and staying committed to sports, and have to maintain good grades in school which requires quite a bit of overtime. Because college athletes generate massive amounts of revenue and put in massive amounts of personal time for their individual universities, colleges need to financially compensate players for their contributions. The colleges that these superstars represent are reaping all of the benefits of the accomplishments the athletes have, yet the big named players are making nothing from what they do.
...whole different world from professional sports considering they supply men with a family to help grow character with, supply them with a free education, and create a whole community of people that are loyal and generally remain loyal to one school. This bridge between the two sports could be majorly affected if college athletes were to be paid and would then bring up the issue about paying even high school athletes eventually. It is merely opening a can of worms and has been a tradition for so long that it should remain one for years to come. College athletes might not be receiving a full salary but that is not the point of it and they know what they are getting into when they commit to playing a sport. This long-standing barrier between professional and college athletics should remain how it is for the good of everyone but mostly the athletes and college programs.
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.
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.
Even the waterboy gets paid! NCAA football is a billion dollar a year empire, in which coaches, executives, school presidents, board members, athletic trainers, athletic directors, equipment managers, Waterboys, towel boys, ball boys, and even team mascots all receive a chunk of the revenue. Everyone gets paid except the athletes, who don’t receive a dime of the money. That’s because it’s against NCAA rules to pay college athletes with anything other than an athletic scholarship; anything else, and it’s deemed as an improper benefit, thus making an athlete ineligible if he/she were to accept. The NCAA defends its rule of “no-pay” by claiming that all its student-athletes are “amateurs” and not employees; therefore, they’re legally not compensated. The argument over whether student-athletes should be paid or not, is particularly unsettling within the sport of football, because NCAA football is the most popular and profitable sport of all college athletics. The NCAA’s discrepancy over whether it should pay its players or not, currently has the association fighting a lawsuit filed by former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon, who’s suing for compensation on behalf of former Division I football and men’s basketball players. The lawsuit challenges the NCAA’s use of student-athletes’ images and likeness for commercial purposes (PBS.org). In recent months the argument has been geared more towards whether current student-athletes should be paid or not, particularly football players, who like former Texas A&M star quarterback Johnny Manziel, provide the athleticism and entertainment that makes NCAA football the million dollar empire that it is. So, should college football players be paid?
There has been an extensive debate over the years about college athletes being paid and I honestly don’t see why there is a debate about it at all. The NCAA has strict rules about players receiving benefits from the school in forms of helping players and their families in the form of paychecks or even helping pay bills. College sports bring in an enormous amount of money for the schools every year and are expected to be given nothing in return. Sports do not only bring in money to schools but also more students and fans. The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) have taken several players’ records and rewards from them for the simple fact of getting benefits from the school and that is just not acceptable (Allen 115). Athletes are just like every other student in the way of having to pay for housing, food, bills, and more. Having to balance school and sports gives athletes no time to have jobs which means they do not have a way to bring in money to pay for the essentials of going to
It is reported that the NCAA makes $6 Billion annually. This is all from TV deals, advertisement, merchandise, and sponsorships. All this money because of the players and they don’t see any of it. How would you like to go work for a company make that company a million dollars and you not receive a dime of it? It just doesn’t sound right. Especially when you take into the fact that these players are putting their bodies at risk for their school. A college football player for example, his body takes so much punishment on the football field and injuries absolutely happen and he isn’t getting paid to put his body on the line. What happens to these kids’ scholarships if they suffer a career ending injury? If they were receiving some sort of compensation they can help pay their way forward to having an education if they can’t play a sport again because of an injury. These same athletes are also getting stuck with the medical bills when they get hurt. For example at the University of Maine athletes are responsible for the first $10,000 in deductibles (Emmert, Mark 2014). How is this fair they aren’t even receiving any money to pay for this
College athletes should be paid! College athletes are often considered to be some of the luckiest students in the world. Most of them receiving all inclusive scholarships that cover all the costs of their education. They are also in a position to make a reputation for themselves in the sporting world preparing them for the next step. The ongoing debate whether student athletes should be paid has been going on for years. These athletes bring in millions of dollars for their respective schools and receive zero in return. Many will argue that they do receive payment, but in reality it is just not true. Costs associated with getting a college education will be discussed, information pertaining to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and benefits student athletes receive. First, I’ll start with costs associated with college and most of all why student athletes should be paid!
“Definition of indentured servant, you work for accommodations and food.” (Arian Foster, Get schooled Netflix documentary). This definition could also describe a college athlete. College athletes have been making the NCAA millions of dollars for decades. All the athletes want is money to help them get by in school, but because we are not paying them they leave for the pros as soon as they can. So now these kids are not getting the education they should, but instead are just trying to make money. College athletes deserve to be paid, if the NCAA is making money from their play. The NCAA is a trap for athletes to make colleges money, colleges don’t care enough for the individual athletes, and these athletes do so much for their colleges. These are just a few of many examples of how the NCAA is deceiving and using these athletes.