Debate- Negative-College athletes should not be paid salaries – Flashcards

If student athletes start being paid, the whole outlook kids have on college sports will change forever and it will be looked at as a job, and not as it is supposed to be. It would be counterproductive to pay these student athletes salaries as it would cause a myriad of problems for them and many others.

To be able to take part in college athletics is a huge privilege, not a career, and certainly should not be made into one by giving out salaries. .According to The Tampa Bay Times, 1800 college presidents from the American Council of Education stated that "student athletes participate for their own benefit, the do not render services for money compensation" These athletes are not employees, so they are not subject to the national labor act that requires people who are employed to be compensated for their work.

Many people chose play college sports to fulfill their childhood dreams of playing college sports and the feeling of pride that it brings. -If student athletes start being paid, the whole outlook kids have on college sports will change forever and it will be looked at as a job, and not as it is supposed to be.

Paying college athletes salaries would be extremely costly and cause many financial problems for the NCAA and most colleges across the country. -According to 2013 USA TODAY sports analysis, in the year 2012,just 23 of 228 athletics departments at NCAA Division One public schools generated enough money on their own to cover their expenses in 2012. College athletes should not be paid simply because colleges cannot afford it.