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Should College Athletes be Paid? ... I feel that these are great rules set out because
technically most college athletes are getting paid with scholarships. ...
should college athletes be paid or not? Many scholarships are given out to college
athletes every year. ... College athletes are making the universities money. ...
Persuasive Essay- Paying College athletes. ... Since the beginning of time, college athletes
have never been financially rewarded for their efforts in sports. ...
Paying college athletes. Should college athletes get paid more money? There
has been a constant debate the past few years on whether ...
college athletes. College athletes are manipulated every day. ... Recently college
athletes have been granted permission to work, from the NCAA. ...
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March 23, 2005
Pay To Play: Should College Athletes Be Paid?
Does it make sense for an academic institution to run a multimillion dollar entertainment business, which is what college football and college basketball have become? Does it make sense for these institutions to pay the student-athletes who participate in these football and basketball programs?
The reality is that college sports programs, namely the "big name" programs such as football and basketball programs at marquee schools, are businesses that stand to make a large amount of money for their respective schools. According to an article in the Harvard Journal on Legislation, "[i]n the past twelve years, the amount of money generated by these two sports has increased nearly 300%, such that they now fund almost all other sports programs. 41 Harv. J. on Legis. 319. The student-athletes who participate in these programs are part of the reason why these schools stand to make such handsome profits: through ticket sales, endorsement deals, broadcasting deals, and jersey sales (although player names cannot be represented on jerseys), among other things.
Mark Murphy, Director of Athletics at Northwestern University, who participated in an ESPN debate on the topic of paying student-athletes, argues that these athletes currently receive scholarships, whose value, in some instances, totals close to $200,000 over four years. He stated that all student-athletes have made similar commitments to the schools, and that football and basketball players should not be treated any different than other athletes, who participate in sports that are not as popular and lucrative. Paying athletes anything beyond a scholarship, argues Murphy, would cause problems, particularly from a gender equity standpoint. What Murphy seems to referring to when he says "gender equity" is Title IX federal regulations, which cut off federal funding of colleges if those colleges discriminate on...
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