Despite the significant help, college players have been for their schools and the revenue they bring in they get nothing in return. Another example, in his article “How Much do College Sports Generate” by Scott Morgan he mentions ,“The NCAA, the largest collegiate sports organization in the United States, directs much of the business of American college sports. “In 2011-12, the NCAA reported $871. 6 million in revenue – 81 percent of it that came from broadcast rights agreement with Turner/CBS sports". (Morgan).
When an athlete decides to pursue athletics in college, it shows that playing that sport is a passion of that individual and that they have worked hard to get to the point they’re at. It’s important that the NCAA begin to pay college athletes because without college sports, everything would be changed drastically for the NCAA as well as schools across the country. There are numerous reasons why student athletes in college should get compensated for their hard work, however, these are the three main reasons that will be discussed in this
Should a multi millionaire son receive a scholarship to University is making major budget cuts along with raising tuition for those students who are offered scholarships? That is the question Dennis Romero asks in his LAWeekly.com column. It is also the successful opener to The Week's article 'College: When The Rich Get Scholarships'. Well my question is; when the rich get scholarships, what does the underpaid middle-class get? If a University is budgeting its money and only allows so much for scholarships and then those scholarships are given to those who can afford a college education, where do those who can't fall?
The giant donations received from these types of students can be put to great use, one of these uses is funding scholarships. While I agree that it is temporarily unfair that students can buy their way into a college, because it effectively takes away spots from other students who worked harder then them. But because that money can then be used to directly help fund scholarships for more students so they can attend a college where they otherwise wouldn’t of been able to, it more then balances out the injustice of the original students that were passed over. When it comes right down to it, students that can afford to pay millions of dollars for their admittance serve a greater good then the average student. Critics would argue that when colleges let in students based on financial donations as opposed to academic prowess, they are actively devaluing the value of the education received at their
In the college sports its win or go home, and the winners get to celebrate their hard work. Opponents to paying college athletes proclaim that a scholarship to a higher learning institution should be sufficient compensation, however I believe that college athletes should receive a small amount of money for their hard work and time put into their institution. Hard work should pay off. The university should literally pay off their student athletes because it isn’t easy balancing classes and 2 or 3 a day practices. College athletes in all divisions put in hard work and dedication to both the education side and to the athletics side of their institution.
The first time this question was asked was by Howard Savage, a staff member of the Carnegie Foundation. In 1930 he asked if such a big corporation such as colleges and universities can concentrate its attention on securing their teams to win while not paying the players who came to their schools for education in the first place. The answer is simple. College athletes should get paid for playing sports during their college career. One of the main reasons is that college sports are very popular and the attendance, especially at the football and basketball is growing every year and breaking attendance records.
You know, all the classy gentlemen go to college, or at least that’s what tradition says. College or university might be the mainstream and what`s becoming the normal thing to do, and with our society’s view right now, anyone who doesn’t attend post-secondary education could be seen as a lower class citizen, which isn`t a good thing. The university/college situation right now is set up to be so high pressure for young people leaving high school. But we have to consider that more degrees correlate with higher unemployment rate. Our society undervalues entrepreneurial work, trade skills, and it discourages young people from pursuing this type of education after high school.
Financial Aid for College Students Desi Curry Everest Online University ENC1101-111 Financial Aid for College Students Many people say that they cannot attend college because they can’t pay for it. I can agree that college can be expensive, but there are plenty of ways to make college affordable. The average cost of a private, four-year College is well over $20,000 per academic year. (Scholarships.org, 1999-2011) Divide this figure in half and you have the average tuition for a public university; in half again, the still formidable tuition at a community college. (Scholarships.org, 1999-2011) This can be overwhelming to some people and be a stumbling block for furthering their education.
Professional sports are no longer played on grass, dirt and hardwood floors but on calculators and cash registers. Pro athlete’s salaries must be reduced. Professional athletes are paid way too much. CBS Sports reported that in 2005-06 the minimum wage for a 2 year NBA veteran was $719,373; the minimum salary of $1,138,500 for a 10 year veteran. In the 1996-1997 season, NBA’s Michael Jordan was paid $33,450,000 for the year, or just over $1.06 per second, an outrageous amount of money for a player to play the game he loves to play.
How college sports affect education Abby Dyk 1. Introduction Have you ever thought athletics where valued more than schooling in your university? What makes these students viewed differently than the rest? The positive and negative effects of college sports have on education. College sports gives students an advantages in education due to GPA restrictions, study table times, and mandatory grade checks to continue with their sport and continue receiving scholarships.