In an article titled, “Why College Athletes Should be Paid”, the
author Tyson Hartnett believes that the NCAA should compensate the
student-athletes further than the scholarships that “really only covers the
basics”. Tyson also brings up another valid point advocating the payment of
athletes is the fact that most athletes are unable to maintain a job or even
fit one into their already jam-packed schedules which leaves them with nearly no
money to support themselves with. The author supports his view further by
referencing the massive paychecks that are dealt out to the coaches and NCAA
executives. Hartnett argues that although these collegiate athletes are being
assisted financially, however, it is not quite adequate when other associates
make hundreds of thousands and sometimes millions for the work that is being
done by the athletes. The importance of the main sports programs in colleges is
clearly presented throughout the article and highlights the fact that these
schools and the other programs would be suffering losses if not for the
athletes that participate in the big name sports such as basketball, baseball, and
football.
Although Hartnett is
right in his references to the extremely large salaries of NCAA executives and
coaches, he fails to see that these payments are not being paid out at every
university and only a small number of the big name universities bring in a
large amount of revenue from a few of their sports programs. With so many
different colleges it would be nearly impossible to set a fair way to compensate
all these athletes for their time and still be able to afford everything they
currently pay for. However, these athletes are the reason these universities
are flourishing and I believe they deserve to be compensated in some form that
will benefit everyone instead of small groups, after all, the NCAA is supposed
to be nonprofit organization and therefore should provide for the programs and
the athletes in them.
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