Student athletes right now have no way to receive any money if they are on a scholarship. They cannot hold jobs, or receive money from agents or sports boosters. This rule was put in to protect the athletes from agents and boosters. But if they cannot even hold jobs, how are they to have any spending money? The NCAA has recently tried to alleviate this by allowing students with scholarships to hold jobs that pay a maximum of $2,000 a year. This way students can have enough spending money to go to movies, buy pizza or just have some miscellaneous spending money. But many are opposed to this new rule. Douglas J Lany writes that "the problem is that a $2000 che

College athletes should not be paid the extravagant amount of money that the professionals are paid. They are amateurs and should be treated as so. But small amounts of money to help them through the school year should be allowed. It would be too much to ask of athletes to hold jobs, go to school full-time and play college athletics. By paying them they would help them out greatly. People argue that by paying college athletes, it would blur the line between professional sports and amateur sports. But college athletes would not make the millions like professional athletes. Also by paying them, maybe some would stay in school, and finish their education instead to leaving school early to head for professional sports.

Should the NCAA pay it's athletes? This question has been debated for many years. There are many reasons why they should and shouldn't pay their athletes, but to me paying their athletes would better benefit the NCAA, the colleges and the student athletes. As stated by the reasons above, the pros outweigh the cons in favor of paying its athletes. The NCAA has been in status quo for too long and its time for a change. Many students now are forgetting about their education and instead only worrying about their how much money they could make if they left college early and went pro. The NCAA should fix this problem by paying its student athletes to play for its program.

But how will paying student athletes affect the economics of the game. Many say that the current format of the NCAA violates the Sherman Act, which is an antitrust law that prevents companies from becoming monopolies. The self proclaimed basic purpose of the NCAA is to maintain intercollegiate athletics as an integral part of the student body and by so doing, retain a clear line of demarcation between intercollegiate athletics and professional sports(Yale Law Journal), according to the NCAA. But the NCAA is the only way for student athletes to display their skills to professional teams and this is why many say this is a monopoly. Many have suggested that the NCAA eligibility rules violate the Sherman Act because they impede athletes in marketing their skills outside of the NCAA which is a way for student athletes to make money.

But should student athletes be paid? That is the moral dilemma the NCAA faces when it thinks of paying student athletes. In my opinion they should pay student athletes to help pay for bills and miscellaneous things. When the NCA

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