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Dhomynic Lightfoot
Ms Warren
ENG 102
Feb 13, 2014
Should student athletes receive payment for playing? This has been a controversial question for quite some time. Over the past decade universities have made millions, of dollars from the growing popularity of fans watching collegiate sports. Since the popularity has grown, so has the market of collegiate team apparel being sold. Many student athletes feel as if they should be paid for playing, like professional athletes. The student athletes feel as if they are the ones who are luring, in alumni and fan attention. Out of all the millions of dollars made from apparel only a small fraction of the merchandise is profit. Even though universities may make a marketable profit from these performances, student athletes actually do receive a type of payment that payment is a free education. Not only a free education, but other countless perks The cost of tuition at a major university is definitely expensive, especially for the average student. Tuition, books, and housing are just a few financial battles that students have to fight. When you are a student athlete these battles never have to be fought because they are already taken care of through a scholarship. Many people feel as if that’s the form of payment for student athletes since, they never have to pay those costs.
Student athletes feel that playing should be compared to a job. Student athletes supposedly practice about 49 weeks out of the year. Those 49 weeks are longer than any class schedule for any full time student, going to school year round. Though student athletes practice that many weeks out of a year its apart of a commitment they have made. What student athletes consider as a job is more like an internship, but with benefits. Student athletes get a tutor, free education, and a chance to exceed to the next level.
There are so many perks of being a student athletes but most fail to realize is that the opportunity given to them is a privilege.
Ms Warren
ENG 102
Feb 13, 2014
Should student athletes receive payment for playing? This has been a controversial question for quite some time. Over the past decade universities have made millions, of dollars from the growing popularity of fans watching collegiate sports. Since the popularity has grown, so has the market of collegiate team apparel being sold. Many student athletes feel as if they should be paid for playing, like professional athletes. The student athletes feel as if they are the ones who are luring, in alumni and fan attention. Out of all the millions of dollars made from apparel only a small fraction of the merchandise is profit. Even though universities may make a marketable profit from these performances, student athletes actually do receive a type of payment that payment is a free education. Not only a free education, but other countless perks The cost of tuition at a major university is definitely expensive, especially for the average student. Tuition, books, and housing are just a few financial battles that students have to fight. When you are a student athlete these battles never have to be fought because they are already taken care of through a scholarship. Many people feel as if that’s the form of payment for student athletes since, they never have to pay those costs.
Student athletes feel that playing should be compared to a job. Student athletes supposedly practice about 49 weeks out of the year. Those 49 weeks are longer than any class schedule for any full time student, going to school year round. Though student athletes practice that many weeks out of a year its apart of a commitment they have made. What student athletes consider as a job is more like an internship, but with benefits. Student athletes get a tutor, free education, and a chance to exceed to the next level.
There are so many perks of being a student athletes but most fail to realize is that the opportunity given to them is a privilege.