Sports: Income and College Athletics Revenues

Should Athletes be paid? There is controversial about should athletes be paid or not. Athletes work hard and try managing their time with practicing and schoolwork. They have a lot of pressure to be independent and find a job. Athletes have school and sport practice so it is hard for them to find a job that compatible with school and practice. Athletes are not being paid by people money or tax; in fact, the revenue they make, they get from it. If the athlete making millions and all the revenue goes to the university that is not fair, because the athlete worked too hard to earn this money. However this essay will be focusing on should athletes be paid?

People don’t want athletes to be paid as much as they make. Therefor, people say, this money is big responsibility and they didn’t work hard to earn this money. Moreover, people think it’s enough for athletes that they are being paid for the institution. Even though, athletes have harsh rules, they can’t work and keep focusing on their sports that don’t have income. Later, National Collegiate Athletic Associations (NCAA) changed this harsh rule and allowed them to work for maximum $2000. On the other hand, the revenue that athletes t making is enormous, billons of dollars are going to other people. Alabama makes $123,769,841 yearly (ESPN, “College Athletics Revenues…”); therefore, athletes deserve the money, because they make it from their hard work. If the money didn’t go to athletes, it will go to another