Should College Players get paid to play?

ABSTRACT

The fact that sport is not an educational product in its origin, makes their introduction into the school is done mostly as mimicry of adult sports, and even more elite sport and sport show and they prevail in the more goals than strictly educational sports. Thus, the following research paper is going to analyze the issue about the pay of the college players, either they should get or not.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Introduction1

Discussions1

Challenges faced by College Players1

Argument in Favor of the Sports Players Pay2

Scholarships for College Players3

For what reasons are given Athletic Scholarships?4

Argument against Sports Players Pay4

Why would it be a problem to pay the Players?5

Conclusions6

References7

Should College Players get paid to play?

Introduction

Sports are considered as the best and the fit exercise for the human fitness and the health. Thus, the high inclination of sports has been seen during the schooling and the high schooling days. Sports are added to the extra curriculum activities in order to promote students to actively participate in the games. During recent days, the question has been raised about the pay for the students who play and represent their schools. Therefore, the following research paper will particularly analyze the students and the issue that either the college pupil be paid or not to play their sports?

Discussions

There is a great debate between different groups of people about the rights of the college sportsmen pay. One group supports the idea that the college sports should be paid and the other group negates the concept. The following research paper is conducted to have an argumentative approach to the matter.

Challenges faced by College Players

Student players have unique challenges as they confront pressures to perform both athletically and academically. It is stated by the researchers that the college sports are the activities that bring large sums of money to the colleges annually, which is considered the college funding. The calculated amount reaches to 30 to 40 million U.S. dollars for these universities and colleges every year but unfortunately, the players get nothing. It is forgotten or avoided that these are the players who suffer and injure their backs everyday for the sake of their universities but are neglected when asked to get paid. It is not fair at all. I consider it as an unfair practice. Some compensation or the pay should be given to these college players. (Ferrante, Etzel, et.al.1996)

Argument in Favor of the Sports Players Pay

In college sports, athletes compete as a team and represent their universities playing against other universities. National competitions and tournaments provide good publicity and a way few universities wings grow both revenue and image. At the end is a win-win situation for both the athlete and for the University. (Parham, 1993)

Many athletes in the world do not know the opportunities to study in the United States on an athletic scholarship. In most countries, playing a sport at a high level usually stands with the option to study and play together. However, playing sports and studying at American universities is ...