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.

Law of title 9 In the case of college athletics, the NCAA and schools across the country must comply with this law by offering equal opportunity to both male and female athletes across the nation. This means that if the males basketball and football teams, who are the main source of revenue recieve salaries, the womens' teams who do not generate revenue would also have to be paid. So this by itself would be extremely costly to have to pay both men and women college athletes.

According to the Washington post College athletes should not be paid because it would cause a lot of corruption including bidding wars. The universities who have more money would be able to buy out better athletes for more money, and it would be completely unfair to the smaller schools.

To say that college athletes are exploited for their work is completely illegitimate. According to ncaa.com, College athletes receive many benefits from college sports

Why go through all this burden to help these students if it does no good for them at all? To pay these college athletes salaries would be very detrimental for their future. The core focus of these student athletes should be on their future and not about whether they are receiving their paycheck or not. According to psychologytoday.com, money can cause a substancial amount of stress in people's lives

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The NCAA maintains the status of a non-profit organization, because a very small