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The Case of Paying College athletes

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The Case of Paying College athletes

Collegiates and non-professionals are the students composing college athletics. The most viewed contests are in college basketball and football sports, while minor fan-based contests are held in the other games. Rugby union, soccer, ice hockey, softball, and baseball are a variety of other sports available in different colleges in the U.S. Student-athletes are regarded amateurs in the U. S sports.  Student-athletes are regarded amateurs in the U. S and their income is usually restricted to sports scholarships. Student-athletes ought to be compensated because they compete in the same sport as professionals, who get compensated. Student-athletes in college compete as tough as they are able to in order to aid their teams to win. They must be paid to participate in the tournaments. The athletes perform the same tasks as professionals but aren't compensated in any way. College athletics has been accused by many people of draining funds away from academic study. My main aim in this discussion is to elaborate on the controversy of whether college students should be paid or not and not omit what the larger audience says about the issue.

. Currently, there is controversy about whether or not college student-athletes must be compensated.  

1. Uncompensated student-athletes make revenue for their colleges and private college businesses. Society at large refers to student-athletes as beginners, saying that this qualifies them for no payment and that their attendance in sports is meant for fun rather than profit.

2. College sports clubs are businesses, and their participants are laborers. This suggests that athletes in colleges ought to be compensated (Gardella, 2020). College administrations should ensure their athletes receive pay for their athletic reputations, likenesses, images, and names.

3. The administration should also remove barriers to collegiate players obtaining legal assistance like sports agents. They should also ensure college athletes obtain a fair share of revenues created.

In summary, college athletes deserve to be paid. Even though the main activity of them being in school is education as society says, they also need to get compensated for the efforts they portray for their college sports progress.

Reference

Gardella, D. (2020). Financial Justice: College Athletes Should be Compensated.

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Knoester, C., & Ridpath, B. D. (2020). Should college athletes be allowed to be paid? A public opinion analysis. Sociology of Sport Journal, 38(4), 399-411.

https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2020-0015