Collegiate Athletes Should be Paid?

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For about a decade, the debate between whether collegiate athletes should be paid while playing has been contemplated. Now, the focus has moved from all sports to two specific areas, football and men’s basketball. Sprouting from many court cases filed against the NCAA to some ugly sandals dealing with the athletes themselves. In the 2010 – 2011 time frame, this controversy really sparked up chatter; eventually leading the current pled for sport reformation. Our student athletes are the ones who are at the expense here stuck in between this large argument. Over the past 10 years, there has been minor things done for either side and the players themselves have started taking things into their own hands. The year 2010 a total of 7 student athletes were investigated, suspended and or punished from participating in acts that broke the restrictions that were set by the NCAA. To help his mother pay bills Terrell Pryor sold his memorabilia to a tattoo shop for money and additional benefits. A.J Green sold his bowl jersey for spring break funds. Cam Newton’s father was bargaining with universities to ultimately sell his son to the highest bidding coach. (Selzer) The common thread here is money. There is a push and shove from both points of view. The strong points always made are that athletes are paid enough through the education, along with the trouble of where exactly the money for compensation would come from and the discussion of athlete exploitation to consume profits. With this large debate growing this past year the question still stands whether athletes deserve a stipend. Today, people all over are taking a stand for and against this issue. They range from immensely respectable professors and coaches to concerned parents. One o... ... middle of paper ... ...orts." Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport. Ed. Karen Christensen and David Levinson. Vol. 1. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing, 2005. 347-351. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 6 Apr. 2014. Staples, Andy. "Spurrier Wants to Give Players Money ... from His Own Pocket." Steve Spurrier, SEC Brethren Open to Funding Player Stipends. N.p., 1 June 2011. Web. 07 Apr. 2014. Time to Pay Student Athletes? Prod. Fox News. Perf. Lou Holtz and News Anchor. Fox News, 3 Apr. 2013. Web. 26 Mar. 2014. . Van Rheenen, Derek. "Exploitation in College Sports: Race, Revenue, and Educational Reward." Sage Journals 48.5 (2013): 550-71. Web. 26 Mar. 2014. Walsh, Patrick. "Pay For Play." Indiana Magazine Of History 108.1 (2012): 87-88. Academic Search Complete. Web. 26 Mar. 2014.

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