Analysis: Why College Athletes Should Be Paid
College athletes are given a scholarship based on their abilities in a certain sport. Each college athlete has the chance to improve their chance of becoming a better athlete in any sport they play, but they have to put their mind to it and work hard every day to become better. On average, a college athlete will spend between thirty and forty hours a week just trying to get better and become the best athlete that they can be and live up to their potential. Every year a college program will spend a significant amount of money on a scholarship for athletes for a certain sport. College athletes should be paid according to the sport they play. Every college athlete will spend forty hours a week practicing leaving little time for academic commitments . After a lawsuit come out on October 2014, the NCAA now restricts every student athlete that are in season to twenty hours a week and the rest of the time all athletes in season have to spend the remaining time working on their academic commitments and making sure they have the grades to participate in the sport
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that they play ( jacobs ) College athletes devote every day in the month of August to football and most of the time the athletes are practicing in the blistering hot sun. When asked in a recent survey how long is the off season most of the athletes would say what off season because even though the season is over they are constantly working and practicing trying to improve so they never have any off time for the academic studies and commitments they are required to have. The NCAA has rules and regulations on how much time each athletes can spend on athletic activities, but most coaches find a way to get around the rules (Isidore). A football season usually runs through late November unless a team is successful and if they are the team has to work through to the bowl game. College athletes spend so much time in the weight room and practicing on their skill set that the athletes should get paid in season and have a set salary. The salary should be small and not nearly as much as professional athletes, the athletes should not get paid year around they should only get paid when the sport they play is in season. A regular student athlete brings in as much as seventy six thousand a year (Barbash). The college athletes in return bring in the big money it is usually around 235 million. (Barbash). The athletes should at least get paid a couple thousand in return for the good sportsmanship and good behavior on the field, the other half of the their pay should be from the skill set. most people think that each player on the team should get a small winning bonus for winning the game as an extra reward for the hard work they have put into winning each game. If a college athlete has been suspended for a game they should not be paid while they are on suspension because they did something that was wrong and didn’t follow the rules so they should not be paid. If the college athletes are being paid to play a sport it will have a positive impact on their academic commitments and their attitudes, it will make the athletes understand the importance of their grades and character.
Every college gives out more than 200,000 athletic scholarships with only a couple hundred schools to choose from.
In all colleges there are three divisions of college sports, division 1, division 2 and division 3. In a division 1 college they have 173,500 student athletes with only three hundred and forty six colleges and universities.( NCAA recruiting facts ). Every year some colleges have student athletes back down or commit to a different school or even just decide that they don’t want to play anymore, when that happens the college should give the scholarship to someone else so they can prove themselves ( NCAA recruiting facts ). Every person should have the opportunity to go to college and get a better education and if they want they should be able to prove themselves in a certain sport. College sports should be open for everyone to try out and not be turned down just because they didn’t get a
scholarship.
College players should get paid to be play because it will give them something to look forward to and it will make them want to achieve their academic commitments so that they will be able to play and get that salary every time the team does something good. The college players have commitments both academically and with their sports abilities and the players have a chance to prove themselves and be the best that they can be. College players should get paid to play; therefore, every college athlete should get paid to play in any sport that they play.
that they play ( jacobs ) College athletes devote every day in the month of August to football and most of the time the athletes are practicing in the blistering hot sun. When asked in a recent survey how long is the off season most of the athletes would say what off season because even though the season is over they are constantly working and practicing trying to improve so they never have any off time for the academic studies and commitments they are required to have. The NCAA has rules and regulations on how much time each athletes can spend on athletic activities, but most coaches find a way to get around the rules (Isidore). A football season usually runs through late November unless a team is successful and if they are the team has to work through to the bowl game. College athletes spend so much time in the weight room and practicing on their skill set that the athletes should get paid in season and have a set salary. The salary should be small and not nearly as much as professional athletes, the athletes should not get paid year around they should only get paid when the sport they play is in season. A regular student athlete brings in as much as seventy six thousand a year (Barbash). The college athletes in return bring in the big money it is usually around 235 million. (Barbash). The athletes should at least get paid a couple thousand in return for the good sportsmanship and good behavior on the field, the other half of the their pay should be from the skill set. most people think that each player on the team should get a small winning bonus for winning the game as an extra reward for the hard work they have put into winning each game. If a college athlete has been suspended for a game they should not be paid while they are on suspension because they did something that was wrong and didn’t follow the rules so they should not be paid. If the college athletes are being paid to play a sport it will have a positive impact on their academic commitments and their attitudes, it will make the athletes understand the importance of their grades and character.
Every college gives out more than 200,000 athletic scholarships with only a couple hundred schools to choose from.
In all colleges there are three divisions of college sports, division 1, division 2 and division 3. In a division 1 college they have 173,500 student athletes with only three hundred and forty six colleges and universities.( NCAA recruiting facts ). Every year some colleges have student athletes back down or commit to a different school or even just decide that they don’t want to play anymore, when that happens the college should give the scholarship to someone else so they can prove themselves ( NCAA recruiting facts ). Every person should have the opportunity to go to college and get a better education and if they want they should be able to prove themselves in a certain sport. College sports should be open for everyone to try out and not be turned down just because they didn’t get a
scholarship.
College players should get paid to be play because it will give them something to look forward to and it will make them want to achieve their academic commitments so that they will be able to play and get that salary every time the team does something good. The college players have commitments both academically and with their sports abilities and the players have a chance to prove themselves and be the best that they can be. College players should get paid to play; therefore, every college athlete should get paid to play in any sport that they play.