Student Athletes should be paid Yes or No what structure or guidelines

Student Athletes should be paid Yes or No what structure or guidelines

Do you think Student-Athletes should be paid? If so, what structure/guidelines would you use to pay them?

Do you think Student Athletes should be paid?-what structure or guidelines

Do you think Student-Athletes should get payment? If so, what structure/guidelines would you use to pay them?

Being a college student-athlete is a full-time job, bouncing between the weight room, the court/field, classes, and film sessions. College athletics are extracurricular activities, but the schedules of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) tournaments require an extended period in which the student-athletes must miss school. Not only do they miss class, but they are absentees for nationally televise games that make a lot of money and receive millions of viewers. According to Marc Edelman in his article “21 Reasons Why Student-Athletes Are Employees and Should Unionize.”

Since student-athletes also bring in revenue for their team and college or university, especially in the championship games, those who debate in favor of paying them say the students could receive a small portion of the profits. Yes, pay would vary, just as the universities with the more successful teams receive more television time or money than those with less successful teams.

Payment of Student Athletes?

College football and men’s basketball programs earn far more than any other athletic program, so these athletes would likely earn more as well. This may not be considered fair pay, but many of those who argue in support of paying college players point out that team popularity and consumers generally determine what is “fair.” These sports also tend to support other less popular sports that do not bring in a lot of money on their own.

Student-athletes are the ones working hard out on the court and field. Coaches might have a big effect on a team, but it is up to the athletes to work. Coaches receive bonuses for breaking records, reaching the off-season, and winning the big games; the athletes receive none of it, writes Tyson Hartnett for HuffPost.