Should College Atheltes Get Paid?

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    Should College Atheltes Get Paid?
    Give your opinions.
    I'll what tell the debate gets started before I submit my own thoughts so I don't influence other peoples thought, just yet.
     
    True but some atheletes for example football players, Texas football progam generated $82 Millions Dollars and the player solely responsible for that doesnt see a penny of that. When compared to a $25,000 scholarship where they still have to cash out loads of money for books and whatnot, well the math just doesnt add.
     
    No, because then little schools wouldn't be able to afford athletes. and we would never have BCS busters like Boise St. and TCU.
     
    You are correct but I think it would be fair if all players had a base salary such as say idk $50,000 a year.
    1.Coaches get paid millions of dollars when the players r just as big of a part as them.
    2.This would keep kids in college longer. Some leave early to go pro because their family is in finacial need but with this salayer they would be more inclined to get an education.
    3.If you had a base salary there wouldnt be unfairness for teams of smaller budgets.
    (even though USC already does this lol)
     
    Personally, I think athletes should be paid much less.

    After all, what do they contribute to society that makes them deserve the money they're given? Entertainment? We can get that elsewhere, or use our imaginations. Role models? Think of the ones that got caught doing drugs or steroids though; I'll admit not every athlete is like that, though.

    Now, consider teachers, preachers, etc. What do they contribute? Education of all sorts, something we need to go on with life. And how much do they get paid? A typical major league/NFL/NBA/etc. athlete gets what a teacher probably would a whole year through just one game.

    How messed up is that?

    As for college athletes, they can get their money through scholarships and part-time jobs, ya know? It'd be unfair for everyone else who didn't take up a sport in college.

    /just saying
     
    Unfortunitly you are not paid if your "deserve it or not". Im coming from a business standpoint. College Players are not even allowed to be sponsored or get any pay for jerseys sold, nothing. And I cant imagine a full time travelling football player whos atleast halfway invested in his studies as well to have time for a part time job. By yet they should give each player $X amount of money and put it in a trust fund that they may use after there 4 years on campus. I think this is the best way or atleast let them get some pay for endorsements. When ESPN advertises for a game they just don't say Florida vs. Alabama they also say lead by Tim Tebow and Mark Ingram. ESPN is advertising there product "televised game" thru these players.
    This will never happen though because the NCAA is an evil empire.
     
    classic XpkmnX said:
    Unfortunitly you are not paid if your "deserve it or not". Im coming from a business standpoint. College Players are not even allowed to be sponsored or get any pay for jerseys sold, nothing. And I cant imagine a full time travelling football player whos atleast halfway invested in his studies as well to have time for a part time job. By yet they should give each player $X amount of money and put it in a trust fund that they may use after there 4 years on campus. I think this is the best way or atleast let them get some pay for endorsements. When ESPN advertises for a game they just don't say Florida vs. Alabama they also say lead by Tim Tebow and Mark Ingram. ESPN is advertising there product "televised game" thru these players.
    This will never happen though because the NCAA is an evil empire.
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    Putting aside the fact that I couldn't understand that at all, I have to say that no, athletes do not deserve to be paid (at least not very much). I see them as entertainers, and I feel that entertainers contribute less to society than most people. In my ideal world, you would be paid an amount proportionate to the amount you contribute to society; in my opinion, this is the ultimate form of capitalism, where people are motivated to help each other by the potential for bettering their own life (a system completely unlike the horribly ineffective version seen today). Jobs like "doctor" and "firefighter" would both be very high-paying jobs, and a job like "entertainer" would be a substantially lower-paying job; those that put their lives on the line to help others deserve far more than those who work to keep people from becoming bored.
     
    No. Where would they get the money from? Oh! I know. TAXPAYERS? TUITION?

    I pay enough for my schooling as it is. I don't need another hike just for someone else to run around or play a game. Sure that stuff takes talent, but so does other stuff.

    My opinion? Pay doctors in training. We need more of them and they can actually help save lives instead of practicing their baton twirling.

    Most of the time Athletes get paid by bursaries.. but honestly, most of that stuff is recreation. If they're gonna be paid for playing a game, I should be paid for painting a picture for homework.
     
    classic XpkmnX said:
    You are correct but I think it would be fair if all players had a base salary such as say idk $50,000 a year.
    1.Coaches get paid millions of dollars when the players r just as big of a part as them.
    2.This would keep kids in college longer. Some leave early to go pro because their family is in financial need but with this salayer they would be more inclined to get an education.
    3.If you had a base salary there wouldnt be unfairness for teams of smaller budgets.
    (even though USC already does this lol)
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    $50,000 a year? Many people that graduated from university get jobs with annual salaries not even half of that, especially in this economy. x_x I might as well not graduate, then if I know I'll be paid more playing a college sport than going for whatever career I would like to pursue if I'm the kind of person that would like a decent salary.

    Anyways, no I don't think so. College and professional sports are two totally different things. In professional sports, you have to do more intense training and travel more and at much longer distances than when you're a college sports player. Second, you're at school to study, so that's more top priority than college sports. Yes, you get scholarships for playing on a college team, but you have to maintain your grades really well.
     
    NO.

    Being a college football player is like...being an apprentice national football player. It more or less is your application to becoming part of the big league. It's like saying 'should we pay college scientists for their senior thesis?' Come on.
     
    I don't think athletes should be paid so much but you can't really do anything about it. It's supply in demand. We demand to see the the people play sports at a high level and there is only a limited supply of people who can do that.
     
    Candy Cane Forest Elf. said:
    Most already do get paid... with scholarships.
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    Exactly this. Besides, making it into college sports is already good enough since it's pretty much their chance to prove themselves and make it to the big leagues.
     
    NO.

    Doctors should be paid (even in training), Teachers should be paid. Athletes should not, especially not amateur ones. I have a big enough problem with professional ones getting paid the obscene amounts they do, but they go through rigorous training on a pretty much daily basis. Paying a College athlete is like paying me to post here, its paying them for doing a hobby.

    To normal athletes, its a persistent question in my mind why they earn more in a week than most earn in a year. They earn so much more than all the people who make a genuine contribution to a society just for having very well co-ordinated feet. I pose you this question PC'ers, why should they be paid so much for something that doesn't matter?
     
    Blue Nocturne said:
    NO.

    Doctors should be paid (even in training), Teachers should be paid. Athletes should not, especially not amateur ones. I have a big enough problem with professional ones getting paid the obscene amounts they do, but they go through rigorous training on a pretty much daily basis. Paying a College athlete is like paying me to post here, its paying them for doing a hobby.

    To normal athletes, its a persistent question in my mind why they earn more in a week than most earn in a year. They earn so much more than all the people who make a genuine contribution to a society just for having very well co-ordinated feet. I pose you this question PC'ers, why should they be paid so much for something that doesn't matter?
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    It does matter, though. They may not be saving lives like doctors do but that's completely irrelevant.

    Speaking from an English "soccer" point of view here, but the points still stand for American football too. Professional football is a multimillion pound/dollar business. The owners of a good football club/franchise earn millions upon millions upon millions in TV deals, sponsorships, merchandise, ticket sales and various other forms of revenue. So it's only fair that all of that wealth gets passed down from the owners to the people that help to earn that money; the players.

    And to say it doesn't matter? An example of why it matters. 715 million people watched the 2006 FIFA World Cup final. That's 1/9 of Earth's population. The Superbowl alone gets about 100 million viewers each year, and that's almost exclusively from the US. Ask them if it doesn't matter. Go up to any of the millions of people who follow their chosen team religiously, proudly donning that team's jersey and cheering at the stadium/TV screen/radio whenever their team is playing and ask them if it doesn't matter. Shouldn't be hard to find one of those people, you almost definitely have a few in your family.

    The people who disagree with the money that professional sportsmen get paid are the people who clearly have no affinity with the sport so don't understand how much it actually does matter.
     
    I don't think so. College is for learning. Athletics are extracurricular.

    And the less-popular-than-football sports (rowing, lacrosse, etc.), where would they get money from? Or would they not even get money because they don't draw huge crowds?
     
    No. Enough of my tuition money goes to the free-ride scholarships that the athletes get anyway. Besides, their primary reason for being in college is to receive an education, with sports being secondary.

    Professional sports are a different ball game (yes, bad pun intended XD) as the training and games are much more intense. At the professional level the sport IS their primary focus and they should be paid accordingly. But not at the college level.
     
    It's just a next step from High School sports. What? Do you think that they should be paid as well?

    Activities such as sports should be considered an opportunity for them. Not many athletes from High School are granted a sports scholorship to attend their chosen colleges and university. Besides, I'm sure that they would know beforehand that they're not going to be paid during that time for their talents in that specific sport.
     
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