Kamryn Marcotte
Ragausky
3rd hour
College is a place to start your own future and to be finally out of mom and dad's house and not to be paid for playing a sport. Some people think that college football players should be paid. But others say they shouldn’t be paid because if you get money to go to that school you don't need anymore money for your college career. College football players shouldn't get paid because players receive scholarships for tuition, colleges are lacking in money, and college is not the NFL.
College football players shouldn't get paid because players receive scholarships for tuition.According to Christian “ While he was still with West Virginia as athletic director, he made it clear that more funding was needed for scholarships. While he may not support paying players directly”(Christian 1) .Colleges offer scholarships for students to play football that are wonderful players and they should not need anymore money. When students receive their scholarships they are already at the college of their choice. Christian states …show more content…
McCauley notes “While I respect the time, work, and excitement college athletics brings to the world of sports, they should not be paid”(McCauley paragraph.5). Even though these games are cool to watch it doesn't mean the players should be paid. They will get paid if they go to a professional level sport team.McCauley states “The average debt is $32,528”(McCauley paragraph.4).If a college student can’t see that coming out of school and starting a new job without having to pay for college isn’t a good thing, then they didn’t love the sport and opportunity.McCauley comments “College is a place for people to obtain a degree and help jumpstart their “real world” career aspirations”(McCauley paragraph.7).College is a place where you can start your life and make a lot of money once you start your own life with a