College athletes should be paid
Most people attend colleges in search of quality education that could enable them to pursue their careers. However, what parents fail to understand is that college athletes start engaging in sports activities during their early stages in their sophomore year. All things considered, especially for the dedication as well as hard work, people have initiated debates in whether they should be paid or not. In as much as paying college athletes would be an act of biases since those who do not perform in the athletes feel like they deserve the same, I think that paying such athletes will be helpful to them in their financial situation, it will advance the sports sector, sporting gears has really been excellent currently, helps them learning money management skills, and it is the last thing they can do in helping people who risk their lives.
Paying college athletes is essential in helping people who have financial challenges back home. Most people engaging in college athletes are a way to survive through the payments they offer (Parent, 226). Their parents most often encourage them into sports to help themselves by expecting some merit or special talent quota for education and their sports career. Any sponsorship or funding would put less pressure on their parents as these athletes turn out to be self-reliant. Additionally, playing a sport in college can be an amazing opportunity and an incredibly rewarding experience. You have the opportunity to continue playing your sport at a high level, and travel and compete against universities around the country.
Also, sports of the current generation tend to be advanced in comparison to how it was back in the days, and this is attributed to the motivational aspect through payment. There are the most efficient ways of training, which gives all the athletes the ability to grow faster (Johnson, Dennis, and Acquaviva, 15). Nutrition, too, has advanced a lot. There are varieties of authentic supplements that are available in the market. These supplements are costly and usually would last for only a month or so. Nutrition and diet are a significant key to success in most sporting fields; funding college athletes would help them have easy access to high-quality nutrition, which is essential for the growth of an athlete. Additionally, the advancement in sporting gears has really been excellent over the past decades. Professional sporting gears have price tags, which makes it impossible to make ends meet. There are a lot of costs that are not covered in scholarships. Food and stay might have been taken care of, but most of these athletes do not have any sponsorship to make it up the money that they spend on their equipment and gears. Most of these athletes who are top on their games require professional equipment. So let me take branded professional football boots, for instance, perfect quality shoes would cost around 80$ to 100$, which would last only for around 5 to 6 months as per as my experience and usage. So when we consider his complete gear, there would be a lot of pressure on himself and his parents. This is one of the main reason why a country like ours find it really hard to win medals from significant world leagues and championships.
Moreover, managing money is one of the biggest challenges these days. This could be a beneficial skill that can teach athletes how to manage whit their money (Sanderson and Siegfried, 127). It would teach athletes how to save money as it is an important skill. This is a vital skill every athlete must develop, as these savings could help them survive through their hardships.
Furthermore, most of the athletes risk being exposed to damages which may be permanent. The crucial aspect regarding players engaging in school sporting activities is their enthusiasm (Staurowsky, 31). Their passion, as well as love, is admirable; thus, making sports become what it is. But there is a bad side to it; many college athletes suffer serious injuries that sometimes end their careers. Setting aside the disturbing fact that a career-ending injury will stop their scholarship, those athletes put their bodies at risk of permanent damage, without being paid. Hurting your knee might leave you limping for the rest of your life. Suffering concussions can cause dementia and depression. Those athletes put their bodies on the line each training session, each game they play. It is only right to pay them for it.
In conclusion, despite people advocating for the aspect of not paying college athletes, I stand with the notion that they need to be paid because they risk their lives, it teaches money management skills, it gears sporting activities and helps people with financial challenges. The opposers are in the notion that paying college athletes would be an act of biases as the remaining students will demand the same. I think that such an argument lacks sufficient evidence since no one can demand what he or she has not worked for.
Works Cited
Parent, Christopher M. “Forward Progress-An Analysis of Whether Student-Athletes Should Be Paid.” Va. Sports & Ent. LJ 3, (2003): 226.
Johnson, Dennis A., and John Acquaviva. “Point/counterpoint: Paying college athletes.” The Sport Journal 15.1 (2012).
Sanderson, Allen R., and John J. Siegfried. “The case for paying college athletes.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 29.1 (2015): 115-38.
Staurowsky, Ellen. “College Athletes’ Rights in the Age of the Super Conference.” Journal of Intercollegiate Sport 7.1 (2014): 11-34.