College Athletes Get Paid
Should college athletes get paid? College sports is one of the most entertaining to watch if you are a sports fan and, schools bring in a large amount of money due to their athletic programs but, due the athletes really deserve a pay day? Some college athletes think that they deserve to get a payday for all the sacrifices they make to their school. College athletes do not need to be paid because they have the ability to get to go to college for a reduced amount of money and a college degree is more valuable than any amount of money. College sports have been around longer than the NFL and the NBA. Athletes who played in sports before professional sports did not complain for feel the need to get paid because they knew that a education is more
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“If you give a man a fish you feed him for a day but, if you teach a man to fish you can feed him for a lifetime.” This quote is a metaphor for college education and money. If you teach a kid a skill rather than give the person money they will be able to make money for the rest of their life. Money is temporary because you hear in school about their professional athletes who wasted all their money on unless things and now they are broke and have no money. If a student athlete were to get paid money in college they would do the same thing but, if you give them education you give them a opportunity to learn for a lifetime because they have a valuable skill. Drake Bell was a star on TV about ten years ago and he made a good amount of money but, a few years ago he filed for bankruptcy. If he had went to school and got a education there is a good chance that he would not be in the position he is in today. If you pay a college athlete the athlete would most likely do the same thing. If you give a college athlete the student will not be in that situation because of the fact that they will have a college degree. Student athletes should appreciate and take full advantage of the opportunity they have to do what they love and to get education for a reduced amount or even for free. In the article “College Athletes Should Not Be Paid Because a College Education is valuable.” James Shulman says that college athletes tend to not to do as well as their classmates in the classroom. Which shows that these students are not take full advantage of what they have the opportunity to do. This shows that people who play sports in college generally care more about their sports career more than their academic
“If you give a man a fish you feed him for a day but, if you teach a man to fish you can feed him for a lifetime.” This quote is a metaphor for college education and money. If you teach a kid a skill rather than give the person money they will be able to make money for the rest of their life. Money is temporary because you hear in school about their professional athletes who wasted all their money on unless things and now they are broke and have no money. If a student athlete were to get paid money in college they would do the same thing but, if you give them education you give them a opportunity to learn for a lifetime because they have a valuable skill. Drake Bell was a star on TV about ten years ago and he made a good amount of money but, a few years ago he filed for bankruptcy. If he had went to school and got a education there is a good chance that he would not be in the position he is in today. If you pay a college athlete the athlete would most likely do the same thing. If you give a college athlete the student will not be in that situation because of the fact that they will have a college degree. Student athletes should appreciate and take full advantage of the opportunity they have to do what they love and to get education for a reduced amount or even for free. In the article “College Athletes Should Not Be Paid Because a College Education is valuable.” James Shulman says that college athletes tend to not to do as well as their classmates in the classroom. Which shows that these students are not take full advantage of what they have the opportunity to do. This shows that people who play sports in college generally care more about their sports career more than their academic