College_Atheletes_Shoud_Be_Paid

College Atheletes Shoud Be Paid COLLEGE ATHLETES SHOULD BE PAID The purpose of this paper will be to show you why college athletes should be paid. Participation in college sports should be considered a profession and athletes compensated for their work. Paying college athletes is not about being fair, but it is a start. The NCAA rules are so binding, fairness is many years and many reforms down the road. By paying players, though, the NCAA could improve a flawed system. Many athletes come to college to study their sports, hoping to land a job in their chosen field. Universities used to have athletics to provide recreational and social opportunities. Today college ball is just a stepping-stone to the professional leagues. Football and basketball do not have minor leagues like baseball. Universities, then, offer experience to athletes and a close-to-professional-level product to the public, and the public eats it up. In November of 1999, the NCAA signed a $6.2 billion contract with CBS Sports to televise the men’s basketball tournament. This is commonly known as March Madness. They also have a contract with ABC Sports for the Bowl Championship Series for football. ESPN also pays to televise athletes, college, year, ncaa, scholarship, sports, time, school, paid, students, student, should, often, money, contract, about, work, signed, play, pays, now, million, job, football, campus, basketball, athletics, athletic, athlete, addition, universities, tickets, televise, system, show, rules, public, players, paying, new, make, leagues, just, jobs, hold, his/her, great, give, enough, during