One of the biggest discussions in the collegiate athletics world is to pay or not to pay student athletes. Many colleges are already paying high profile athletes behind the curtain. Which is sad, despicable, and ruined USC.
The argument for paying these students is that they work so hard for the university. People say that the football and basketball players are the ones that make the money for the university. They say that all the work these “kids” put in is making the universities rich. This is nonsense.
First off these kids are not making the universities the money. Tradition and cheap tickets bring fans to college games. Beaver Stadium would still sell out no matter who was playing quarterback for Penn State. People think there are millions of dollars just sitting around in the athletic departments, there isn’t. The goal of every athletic department is to break even, not make money. That is a fact.
Anyone that knows anything about college athletics should know the universities with division 1 sports are a separate entity from their athletic department. This means the athletic department does not get any money from the school and vice-versa. All the money the football, basketball, soccer, hockey, and lacrosse teams bring in goes to paying coaches, athletic directors, and the numerous other people that work in the athletic department. Don’t forget how much stadiums cost and that you must pay all the people you see working in the stadium.
Another major problem is they already get paid! Top-level athletes get full scholarships. Even the players that sit on the bench for 4 years get some type of scholarship. Please don’t tell me that a free education is not worth anything, people that say that are just plain dumb. I myself pay around $20,000/year in just tuition. Not to mention that they get a free place to live and free meals for 4 years of their lives. Yes that is a lot of money. So they already do get paid.
The biggest issue with potentially paying student athletes is where do you draw the line? You cannot say just the top 25 or 50 teams have to pay because rankings change every week. You cannot just make the division 1 schools pay because a lot of those school’s athletic departments don’t turn a profit already so where is that money coming from. Also what sports athletes get paid? Remember Title 9 exists so for every male sport you must also pay a female sport. No one is saying women’s soccer should be paid but if pay football you must also pay a female sport. So how do you decide who to pay? Not to mention how much they should be paid?
The bottom line is you simply cannot pay student athletes. They already get a ton of money. Athletic departments would become bankrupt and you would see sports disappear. There are way too many potential issues with paying these student athletes. The NCAA has far bigger issues to focus on such as fixing the BCS.
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