College Athletes
Mr. Mark Emmert;
In todays NCAA sports there are many issues that need to be dealt with. A prominent controversy you face today is deciding if division one student athletes should get paid or not. I believe student athletes should receive some benefits from playing such competitive sports.
Playing a division one sport can be very time consuming; therefore players do not have enough time to get a job to make money for them. Also, many athletes come from poverty stricken families, and if they’re struggling financially they have no one to turn to, because of the NCAA rules saying that division one collegiate athletes can’t receive money for playing sports. Plus, many division one star athletes might be able to play at the next level, but being paid in college may keep them in school to continue to get their education. Last, many athletes like Texas A&M’s star quarter back, Johnny Mandiel, make millions of dollars for the university but does not get paid a penny for his merchandise.
How can a college athlete get a job with all of the time he doesn’t have? Many college students have their classes and an off campus or on campus job to have a little extra spending money or to cover other expenses. What isn’t fair is for college athletes to not have that same kind of opportunity. Everything they do is so time consuming. From having classes in the morning to practice in the afternoon, and homework at night, when is there ever enough time for them to make a little extra money? Granted when will they ever have time to spend it, right? They will have some kind of time. They’re schedule is busy enough so why can’t they get paid for playing and representing to university and making that university money?
When you see many college athletes, or athletes in general, backgrounds, do you see every single on of them being rich and having enough money to spend? No, you don’t. Many of your athletes come from poverty stricken homes and communities that don’t have a whole
In todays NCAA sports there are many issues that need to be dealt with. A prominent controversy you face today is deciding if division one student athletes should get paid or not. I believe student athletes should receive some benefits from playing such competitive sports.
Playing a division one sport can be very time consuming; therefore players do not have enough time to get a job to make money for them. Also, many athletes come from poverty stricken families, and if they’re struggling financially they have no one to turn to, because of the NCAA rules saying that division one collegiate athletes can’t receive money for playing sports. Plus, many division one star athletes might be able to play at the next level, but being paid in college may keep them in school to continue to get their education. Last, many athletes like Texas A&M’s star quarter back, Johnny Mandiel, make millions of dollars for the university but does not get paid a penny for his merchandise.
How can a college athlete get a job with all of the time he doesn’t have? Many college students have their classes and an off campus or on campus job to have a little extra spending money or to cover other expenses. What isn’t fair is for college athletes to not have that same kind of opportunity. Everything they do is so time consuming. From having classes in the morning to practice in the afternoon, and homework at night, when is there ever enough time for them to make a little extra money? Granted when will they ever have time to spend it, right? They will have some kind of time. They’re schedule is busy enough so why can’t they get paid for playing and representing to university and making that university money?
When you see many college athletes, or athletes in general, backgrounds, do you see every single on of them being rich and having enough money to spend? No, you don’t. Many of your athletes come from poverty stricken homes and communities that don’t have a whole