Why Should Colleges Pay Student Athletes Get Paid?

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Paying Student Athletes: Why should colleges pay student athletes? Many reasons come to mind of why colleges should pay the hard working athletes. Poverty, can’t afford the travel fees and equipment, and many other things.Student athletes in college should be paid because they're the ones playing the game and risking their bodies. Some players are getting paid for their name, image, and likeness. However, the rest aren't and are just playing the sport with no money. In the article “Why The Public Strongly Supports Paying College Athletes” by Nicole Kraft, it is about how in the public’s eye paying college athletes is a great thing. Kraft states, “NIL (name, image, and likeness) became part of sports landscape in June 2021 when the NCAA Board …show more content…

“Paying College Athletes Top 3 Pros” by ProCon.org the author states, “As of Nov. 17, 2020, the University of Alabama head football coach Nick Sabon was the highest paid NCAA college football coach, making $9.3 million per year.” If Nick Sabon is making $9.3 million a year that means some of his pay from athletes that don't get paid and the college is just raising his salary. On the other hand, not all colleges have enough money to pay every athlete. Alden Abbott wrote an article called “The Case Against Paying College Athletes” and in the article it talks about why colleges can’t always pay the athletes. Alden Abbott states, “Reduction of funds and fewer scholarships due to the fact of increased focus on big-revenue sports superstars.” Colleges are more worried about which athlete is going to get the public's attention and that’s when the colleges start to make money off of specific athletes. Another example of why colleges can’t pay athletes is, “Schools can't afford to pay athletes for swimming, wrestling, gymnastics, volleyball, and track and field.” The reason why colleges can't afford to pay these athletes is because the sport isn't as popular as football when you have the Rose Bowl or playoffs. Basketball is another major sport that colleges focus on because of March Madness, which can bring in more money for the

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