Why Should NCAA Athletes Get Paid?

“You go to Chapel Hill and try to go to a Carolina-Duke game, good luck trying to find a ticket. It’s nationally televised. There’s so much money that goes behind just one basketball game. I do think the players from both sides should definitely see some type of benefit.” (Marvin Williams). Marvin Williams was a college basketball player who thinks that the NCAA will be able to pay their players. As Marvin says the NCAA is capable of doing this so if one of the most successful college basketball players ever and who was behind the scenes for many years he will know best about what is going on. This is one of the biggest reasons why the NCAA basketball should pay their athletes because they have so much extra money. NCAA players getting paid
First, the NCAA rules should be changed and let colleges pay their players because it will help the athletes with financial aid. In Malcolm Lemmons article Should, NCAA Athletes Get Paid he explains this quote, “ A player would be able to actually afford a decent meal and possibly send some of that money back home to support their families.”(Lemmons 1). Players in the NCAA usually come from poor places in the America and are not able to pay for meals at school and same with their families. This helps prove the point because many athletes come from low class urban area and parents do not have enough money to make good meals and also support their children by living in a nice area. Colleges have been paying player’s parents benefits or gifts for their
NCAA player should be paid because playing college basketball is a full time job and they are bringing in revenue for their school and making no money from that. Madison Martinez explains how the NCAA athlete misses more than two weeks of school. They also have to miss school because of the NCAA tournament, which can last up to two weeks. (Martinez 1). Player should be played because it is so much work to be on a college sports team and they are getting nothing in return but some education that they will have to miss. In chucks article he says how it can encourage students to work harder. Also athletes getting paid will help encourage students to work hard and be able to stay on the court and earn their pay.(Schilken 1). This is important because most colleges nowadays does not care if its athletes actually take the class they will just pay someone to do the class for them and not care about school at all. Many schools care about their student’s grade but others don’t so paying their player would change that completely. This would change because all schools would care about their grades and if their students do not they they will not. Paying player will get them to care about grades. These are the reasons why the NCAA should pay their