Should college athletes be paid? yes or no?
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What? 4 years of free schooling isnt getting paid?
P.S. That means NO
Not at all.
only in education
No. They should focus on playing it for the love of the sport not for the love of money. They'll have plenty of time to be affected by the influence of money once they get out of college.
That'd be a big NO...a scholarship isn't enough?? greedy *** bastards
Unless you get a conditional agreement from the deans and the presidents of the schools to NOT raise tuition, i think it will hurt more people than it will help.
No.
Now I understand that the university is making HUGE dollars off of thier athletes. BUT, think of what the student athlete gets in adviance/
FREE tuition to build a successful career on, free boarding, free food at commisary, god like status at some campus and the oppotunity to showcse thier ability to possibly go pro.
None of these things come free to the college. For all the college gives for a lifetime of benefit of the student athlete, no payment should be required.
no they should not because they go to college to learn not to be paid for playing sports i mean they dont really have to do much except entertain a crowd and workout reall hard, if they want to be paid make them work at a restaraunt or bar etc.
No. College athletes do get paid in some ways, although it may not be monetary. In many cases they get full scholarships, which is a huge amount of money saved. They get recognition if they are any good at their sport on ESPN or the newspaper. Both of those things lead to professional sports careers which obviously will equal getting paid. College athletes should be pushed to better themselves this way they can make it to the pros and earn the high paychecks.
No. Especially Division I schools. Try & get your kid into somewhere like Michigan or Ohio St. Add up four years of free tuition, plus free board & whatever other "jobs" the college gives them & then ask yourself the question again. A four year scholarship could easily add up to over $100k. $25k a year plus a good education (if they use it!) is more than enough.
I'd say no, never. If that happened the people would only be more greedy in the pros ..also, there would be talk of paying kids in high school after some time.
The opportunity for a free education that most of them piss away is more than enough payment for the service they provide the world. It's a pity many of them are too dumb to take advantage of that opportunity, but that does not warrant a different form of payment.
Not every student athlete is playing on a scholarship. That is the only reasonable 'payment' they should receive! College/Universities make a ton of money off these athletes and they should at least give it back in the form of a scholarship, leaving the student able to focus on the education and the sport!
deffinetly not!!!!!!!!!... They are only 21 at the most and they dont need to make money already. But if they are paid they should be punished.
Tough question. Many people like to comment that receiving a scholarship which covers tuition, fees, room, board and books is enough payment for an athlete. But accepting that scholarship has strings attached, some of which make it difficult for poorer athletes to succeed in college. The primary limitation is that an athlete cannot hold a job during the school year.
Many students as part of their financial aid package are offered a work-study job, where they work at the library or in the cafeteria or any of a myriad of jobs at the University. Their pay essentially turns into spending money (its somewhat rare for the work-study job money to actually go towards tuition). Poorer athletes might qualify for such types of financial aid, but because of the scholarship cannot take it. Many of the costs of college go beyond tuition, fees, room, board and books - essentially the "overhead" of going to college. What, do you suggest that athletes take their first dates to the cafeteria? That they don't need a haircut? That they don't have to do laundry, buy soap or shampoo? And should they turn down the late night study break pizza? How do they pay to go home for a weekend with Mom & Dad? That's the issue that really arises from the question of should athletes be paid. The scholarship covers none of those "overhead" types of expenses.
But payment results in a whole lot of hairy issues, and the provision of jobs can do the same. If there was some good way to provide the college athlete with those everyday needs without actually paying them, I'd be all for it. Conversely, if there were some way of paying them but limiting the use of those payments to the "overhead" of college life, I'd agree to it. But there is no such system on this earth. I would suggest that they be allowed an expense account which could be replenished after showing receipts for eligible expenses. How to cover date dinners, who knows? Limit them to a couple a week? But that is the issue.
Jeff Jordan, Michael's son, just volunteered to walk on at Illinois and turned down scholarship offers to Valpo and Loyola-Chicago. He, obviously, has no financial wants. Going to a mid-major and being tied down by scholarship restraints made little sense for him, although he might have gotten to play a little more at Valpo. His dad could buy him a fraternity house in Champaign and he could just party all the time if he wants, with maids and butlers to worry about the overhead. But he's the exception, not the rule.
Poorer athletes need help with the "overhead" of college. The athletes, if the overhead is covered, should not otherwise be paid. But until a way to do that is found, a stipend or expense account should be allowed.
They already are...ever hear of scholarships and athletes getting free rides?!
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