College Athletes Should Not Be Paid - 1238 Words

Over several decades, there has been the incessant question of whether college athletes should be compensated for his or her talent. The question has even lead to lawsuits over the more recent years. Although many athletes don’t have enough time to work and pay for school, the benefits derived from just attending college is far greater. As a result, college athletes should not be compensated for their abilities on the field. Many college coaches spend several years to developing each recruiting class. With each class comes the varying level of talent in every position. As for the athlete, there may be sentimental reasons as to choosing a college to play for. Some may even choose the popular and dominant college in his or her sport.†¦show more content†¦The argument that college athletes should be compensated is invalid in that colleges currently award their athletes through a variety of ways. In return for their athletic ability, colleges give full and partial scholar ships to the student athletes. â€Å"Athletic scholarships enable many students to attend college who would otherwise be excluded by economic factors† (Gerstein 51). So, athletes who lack the competence to attend college would scrape by acceptance with their physical ability. And, athletes that would otherwise be unable to receive benefits would then be awarded with scholarships that very intelligent students would miss out on. Such an privilege should be taken seriously by any athlete no matter what the expense. Unfortunately, many still feel a sense of entitlement to money and perks while in college. Furthermore, athletic scholarships greatly reduces their amount of student loan debt. â€Å"A high percentage of student-athletes graduate without the burden of student loans, which most other students accumulate† (Mitchell 3). There should be no justification that an athlete does not have time for a job or to make money. The athlete does acquires little to no debt and is still participating in sports. If tuition is an issue, then the student-athlete can have his or her parent pay for the remaining costs. Most students who attend college have parents that are college educated as well. College educated parents will, for the most part, have a career that