Nixon
Over the years, the debate on whether or not to pay collegiate athletes, specifically Division 1, has increased greatly. With athletes bringing in millions of dollars to their respective schools, many believe it's time to make a change. The debate has been ongoing since the 70's, maybe even earlier, but it really came to the attention of many in the early 90's, specifically 1995. Marcus Camby, a basketball player for the Toronto Raptors, admitted he took money and jewelry, from somebody who wanted to be his agent, while he was playing at the University of Massachusetts. This was one of many incidents that involved a player accepting money and other gifts from an agent and/or booster. I believe that college athletes deserve to be paid in some fashion. They devote their whole life to their sport, whether or not they are the starters, and most will not go on to the pros, even though they contribute to the team. They sell tickets, jerseys, T-shirts etc. for their school, and see none of the money. Coaches sign six figure deals with shoe companies, like Nike, Reebok, Converse, and the players are the ones wearing the shoes and jerseys, the coaches have on whatever they want. Even though just recently the NCAA Committee allowed
athletes to get a job; between schoolwork, and practices, they don't have enough time to find a job. Most of the kids come from poor backgrounds, and don't have enough money to do normal college things, like going out to eat, going on a date, or out to the movies. Numerous people make a living of the players, coaches, athletic directors, NCAA executives; I could go on for awhile if I had to. How would you feel if you supported numerous people with your hard work, and saw none of the money yourself. I'd feel cheated and exploited. "There are a lot of people who make livings off of us," Van horn was saying Friday on the eve of the Utah-Kentucky West Region Final at San Jose Arena. "They wouldn't have jobs without us. We're making a lot of money for a lot of people. The NCAA doesn't come close to giving us enough. The education is something to appreciate but it's hard to think of that when you're living on hot dogs every day." Though many are coming to the conclusion that these athletes deserve to be paid, the only people that can change this are the directors of the NCAA. I Believe that though paying the athletes, which includes all sports, female and male, may be a little hard to do financially, why shouldn't the athletes be able to cash in on deals with Nike, like the coaches. If a coach signs a deal with Nike worth $300,000 dollars, why shouldn't it be split among the athletes and the coach? Coaches already make six to seven digits a year, why do they need more. If it's divided among the fifteen on the basketball team, that's $20,000 per athlete. Or like in football, where there are more players, that's still
Some common words found in the essay are:
Dominic Brindle, Steve Wulf, NCAA Believe, NCAA Committee, University Massachusetts, Jose Arena, , NCAA Studies, I'd I've, Ed Olympians, college athletes, athletes job, coaches sign, wulf pg 94, ones wearing, own athletes', wulf pg, pg 94, steve wulf, schoolwork practices, steve wulf pg, athletes deserve paid, gifts agent,
Approximate Word count = 1102
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
