Should College Athletes be Paid?
! There are many fans of college sports in the United States. Many are die hard
fans of their team and would do anything to help their team out. One huge debate
between fans of college sports is whether or not college athletes should be paid to play
their sports. There are many different opinions out there, and very strong points for all of
them. Ask any fan of college sports, and they will have a very strong opinion whether it
is supporting them getting paid or not. College athletes should not get paid for many
reasons, such as lack of competition, payment issues, which sports will be paid, and
scholarship issues.
! One reason college athletes should not get paid is because it would kill
competition. After the payments start coming in, the athletes would only start caring
about the money and not about the love of the game. Most sports fans would agree that
watching professional sports events is no where near as exciting as watching college
sports. The college players try so much harder because they are working to prove that
they are good enough to be in the pros. Most of the time the professional players do not
try as hard in basketball as they would in college. Once college players start to get paid,
they will not try as hard just like in the pros and then college sports will not be as fun to
watch. The only way to get players to try is to base their pay on their performance in
play. The only problem with that is many of the players will get mad about their pay
(Aaron).
! One of the main arguments for the athletes to get paid is because they bring in
revenue for...