Payment of College Athletes

As college athletics grows and continues to bring large financial gain to universities and corporate sponsors, the debate over paying college athletes continues to grow. But while the debate between supporters and opponents increases across the country, the college athletics' governing body has not acted on the matter. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has a tight set of rules to help maintain a player’s amateur status. These rules prohibit payment to student-athletes. The …

…of our athletes come from broken homes and are poorer than their student counterparts. Because we pay them nothing they are encouraged to step up to the next level to survive. If a system is in place to help our athletes while in school, many of them may stay until they have their degree. This would help out not only our society as we see it today but the future careers of many student athletes.