College Sports Persuasive Essay
Have you ever turned on the tv on a Saturday and watched your favorite college football team play? Or were one of the 33.4 million viewers that tuned in to the Championship game of this years march madness tournement ? Well if that was you don't you think your favorite player should be making at least a couple hundred dollars a game?
College athletes do not have time to get a part time job with their busy schedules. They spend an average of 43.3 hours a week on their sport alone. Most full time jobs are based on a 40 hour work week. This is just the sport but now let's add the school hours "If a student has 10 hours of class each week and puts in the recommended four hours of study for each hour of class, then athletes spend 50 hours each week studying and attending mandatory classes and study halls." (Listland) that adds up to 90 hours of school and sports a week, the equivalent to having two full time jobs and a side job. But still they aren't making a dime, Even though the NCAA March Madness tournament is an 11 billion dollar industry.
It is extremely difficult to play college level sports only 2% of players get scholarships to play its …show more content…
Some people argue that college sports are more entertaining because they are playing solely for the love of the game, and that when they reach professional level and start getting paid that they don't play as hard. But if we were to pay them during college it would create financial awareness and I think that James Douglas' idea is what we should do. he said "Even if the NCAA or the universities paid the students a stipend and put it in a trust fund to be accessed upon graduation it might make a small difference in teaching young people how to handle money." (Listland). Even if they aren't getting paid thousands of dollars it would still
College athletes do not have time to get a part time job with their busy schedules. They spend an average of 43.3 hours a week on their sport alone. Most full time jobs are based on a 40 hour work week. This is just the sport but now let's add the school hours "If a student has 10 hours of class each week and puts in the recommended four hours of study for each hour of class, then athletes spend 50 hours each week studying and attending mandatory classes and study halls." (Listland) that adds up to 90 hours of school and sports a week, the equivalent to having two full time jobs and a side job. But still they aren't making a dime, Even though the NCAA March Madness tournament is an 11 billion dollar industry.
It is extremely difficult to play college level sports only 2% of players get scholarships to play its …show more content…
Some people argue that college sports are more entertaining because they are playing solely for the love of the game, and that when they reach professional level and start getting paid that they don't play as hard. But if we were to pay them during college it would create financial awareness and I think that James Douglas' idea is what we should do. he said "Even if the NCAA or the universities paid the students a stipend and put it in a trust fund to be accessed upon graduation it might make a small difference in teaching young people how to handle money." (Listland). Even if they aren't getting paid thousands of dollars it would still