Should College Athletes Be Paid - 3174 Words

Gene Goldston Brian Hance English 12 01/28/15 Should College Athletes Be Paid? College sports are a highly paid business. It is produced sold just like all other commercial products. The NCAA generated over $70 million in the basketball tournaments. Schools who made it to the finale instantly earned over $1.3 million. $275 thousand was given to those who were invited to the tournament. Football is just the same. The (1988-89) seasons produces $53 million and $66 million and was split between all participating schools. College athletes should receive some form of compensation for their efforts because, TV revenue, coach salary, and risk to players and their careers. Television and radio gave even more to NCAA schools. Schools used money†¦show more content†¦Most of the time the decision made by the NCAA is dis-liked and undesired by most. Stanley Eaten has compared the system to indentured servitude or a â€Å"plantation system. Concerning the revenue sports of men’s basketball and football, the players should be entitled to some monetary compensation for their work, as well as the right to enter the professional leagues at an age that suits their abilities. A key point as to why the NCAA would not want to pay athletes is to maintain the amateur status of its reputation. Some people agree with his opinion on when they get to enter into the pro league. Athletes should be able to choose how they feel, and if they want to get strait to the league or go to college. If they choose to go to college they should have the right to choose how long they go and when they go to the league. That said, if they choose to do that they should be paid depending on if they actually go to on to the NFL, and pay back what they were paid. Some have said that being an amateur status is to say they do it for fun not for remuneration. The NCAA has tried to keep it that way, but over the years many things have changed. The idea of capitalist benefits and amateurism within the NCAA does not mix. A NCAA basketball tournament will earn up to $770 million. The reason this exist is because the student athletes are not reaping any of the benefits. Huge TV rights and commercialization have corrupted the