College Athletes Should Be Paid

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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 …show more content…

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

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