Should College Athletes Be Paid Persuasive Essay
Persuasive Essay
Drew Miller and Rylee Zedek
12/16/16
Approximately every year 1 billion dollars in athletic scholarships are given out, because of this college athletes should not be paid. College athletes should not be paid because there’s not enough money to give scholarships and pay the athletes at the same time.
For the athletes who are getting scholarships, the players are basically already getting paid to play for their team. If you get a scholarship you are obviously good enough to get noticed by colleges, who are just going to make you better. So, you’ll obviously get noticed by the professional league for getting a scholarship and the fact that you are getting better. According to Paul Daugherty, “scholarshipped athletes are privileged.” He says that they don’t have to pay to be there unlike everyone else therefore they do not need to get money on top of that. Football players get to fly in chartered jets, they get to go to first class hotels, they get to visit some tropical islands and if they are part of bowl games they get weeks and days away and traveling. Even …show more content…
But in 1948 the NCAA adopted a code that limited financial aid for athletes to tuition and fees. The NCAA has said before and they’ll say it again, they will not pay college athletes. The NCAA is who would make the decision. So it might slightly matter what the athletes have to say about being paid but it is completely their decision. The NCAA is a non-profit. So they would not be able to pay the players so the colleges would be the ones having to pay them, But colleges can’t afford to pay their players. And the colleges have to keep the stadium and or gym clean and renovate it every so often. And players are expecting to get paid? But they NCAA did come up with a compromise, since they would not pay the athletes for playing, they said that they would raise scholarships to cover full college
Drew Miller and Rylee Zedek
12/16/16
Approximately every year 1 billion dollars in athletic scholarships are given out, because of this college athletes should not be paid. College athletes should not be paid because there’s not enough money to give scholarships and pay the athletes at the same time.
For the athletes who are getting scholarships, the players are basically already getting paid to play for their team. If you get a scholarship you are obviously good enough to get noticed by colleges, who are just going to make you better. So, you’ll obviously get noticed by the professional league for getting a scholarship and the fact that you are getting better. According to Paul Daugherty, “scholarshipped athletes are privileged.” He says that they don’t have to pay to be there unlike everyone else therefore they do not need to get money on top of that. Football players get to fly in chartered jets, they get to go to first class hotels, they get to visit some tropical islands and if they are part of bowl games they get weeks and days away and traveling. Even …show more content…
But in 1948 the NCAA adopted a code that limited financial aid for athletes to tuition and fees. The NCAA has said before and they’ll say it again, they will not pay college athletes. The NCAA is who would make the decision. So it might slightly matter what the athletes have to say about being paid but it is completely their decision. The NCAA is a non-profit. So they would not be able to pay the players so the colleges would be the ones having to pay them, But colleges can’t afford to pay their players. And the colleges have to keep the stadium and or gym clean and renovate it every so often. And players are expecting to get paid? But they NCAA did come up with a compromise, since they would not pay the athletes for playing, they said that they would raise scholarships to cover full college