“Should students be paid for good grades?” This question gets obvious responses from the majority of students that you ask; yes. I would even be inclined to say yes; who wouldn’t want to get paid for that? It is our job, and most students would do well if they were paid. However, I feel that being paid for school would give us a false motivation, assuming that the parents would be the ones paying the students during high school only. In addition to a false motivation, I believe it would give us a sense of entitlement, like we are owed for doing the things we are supposed to do. Lastly, being paid for school would not be fair to certain people. If we were to treat school as a legitimate job, students being the employees, and our parents being …show more content…
That is simply my opinion. Paying them to do well in school would only worsen the already annoying problem. The majority of people my age already pretty much expect you to give them the shirt off your back, without something as simple as a “thank you,” so imagine what paying them for school would do. I know for a fact that there are people who would find flaws, and feel they are owed more. Take the issue we have with minimum wage, for example, people with little to no education expect to be paid as much as someone with a bachelor's degree. That is an issue we have without being paid for going to school. I can only see the problem getting worse if students were paid. I’ve been assuming that the parents would pay the students for their good grades, and I am going to continue to do so when I give this reason. It wouldn’t be fair. I say this because, some parents don’t make much, some don’t even have a job. If you have this student being paid, because his or her parents can afford it, and another student not being paid, there would be issues. Not only could it cause problems with students being ridiculed, the unpaid students could probably be less likely to succeed, if money was a common motivation for all
To pay or not to pay college athletes, that is the question. It seems like it would be a simple yes or no answer, but there are many underlying factors as to why paying athletes would be a negative. All universities vary in size and popularity, so how would it be possible to pay all athletes the same amount? Student is the leading word in the term “student-athlete”. They are not considered employees, which is what paying athletes would make them. While universities are making some profit off of the abilities of their athletes, college athletes make the personal choice to play a sport. Due to the differing popularity and size of universities and their athletic programs, there would be no fair way to pay all athletes. In addition, many athletes already receive compensation in the form of publicity, scholarships, and access to a high education, and therefore the NCAA and universities should not pay athletes.
There are many situations in the modern day where too many people cause controversy about paying college athletes. They see this as the coarse issue, but paying the athletes will not solve the big problem that you do not think about at first. Although, there are many college athletes that are struggling to get through life and a salary for their hard work will be appreciated, it just will not solve the big issue. This issue would just become worsened.
In my experiences as a student athlete, I can vouch for those in favor of paying student athletes. Because I need more money to help me through college, I had to apply for financial aid and eventually received a grant. There are many additional expenses I have encountered in just my first semester as a student athlete. An estimate of how much money I spend each semester is around 100 dollars. These expenses range from shampoo to eating out when the cafeteria is closed. The amount of time I spend as an athlete each week takes up at least 20 hours. The combination of time spent for basketball and personal needs demonstrates why student athletes should receive money. I’m amazed at how many things require money from my own pocket. The bottom line is student athletes need to start getting paid even if it’s minimal.
There are many pros and cons for and against each argument. As an argument for athletes being paid, college students often struggle with finances when they get to college because it is hard to work and go to school. Krikor Meshefejean states: “There are also student-athletes who have to leave school early because they do not have enough money to continue, or to pay their bills…” Nathan Chaisson of the Collegiated Times also states “Athletes are scrutinized for getting any type of job while on scholarship for their school. Getting paid to play or work in football would be sacrilege.”The money that they obtained would make the college life less stressful on them. They would be able to buy the things that he needed and pay for added luxuries that every college student deems essential. The athletes work very hard at their respective sport. Chris Bellamy states “…if I were busting my ass every day of the week in the weight room, the practice field, the classroom, the library-mostly to the school's advantage-well, that's worth a lot more than a free education, if you ask me.” Playing college athletics is like having a full time job. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication. Practices tend to take up much of the day and traveling to and from events can take time. Athletes could be paid for their efforts in that they do so much for the program. Other ideas such as: paying athletes
Today there are a lot of big questions in this world about one specific topic. The answer is even more important than maybe half of the questions, but there isn’t a correct answer to this question. It’s a belief and what you think question. This question is paid attention to by a lot of high school student athletes, but not only high school athletes but current college athletes. This question is maybe one of the reasons why a lot of college athletes leave college and go to the pros after just one year in college. The question is “should college athletes get paid?” A lot of people reading this right now have different opinions and views on this, and the question itself just pops. Well first I think college athletes getting paid would benefit them for the future and keep their head on the right track. Secondly we also have to think about a student athlete’s schedule. We still have to remember that they have to have money in their pockets and do things for themselves, but without money or time for a job how is this possible? It also puts them in a bad situation to start doing illegal things. Last but not least this doesn’t make them equal to the non-student athletes, because the people who don’t play sports have time to have a job and work for what they want. No one can give them a dime from the administration, but everyone at the campus has huge expectations from them, including the people they can’t even get a penny from. To me College athletes getting paid would help the athletes and make their college life easier.
Even if athletes were to get paid, there is the big question of how much would they get paid and depending on the sport's popularity would the pay be different. As Harnett mentioned, sports such as basketball and football bring in a larger amount of profit, unlike sports such as swimming and tennis. When there are sport's who do bring in a greater amount of revenue it can be difficult to find an even ground. There is also the problem of when a player is more popular; would that player make more money than some of the others on the team? Then it comes to other students, athletes get a full ride to play sports and have their education paid for when they are mainly only there to play sports. They eventually get to go off and make more money while students who don't play sports have to pay for their own college and continue paying for it after they graduate. Although, they have the opportunity for scholarships as well, they aren't as readily available. Lastly, it could be unfair to all students in general, not all colleges have the same amount of money. For example, schools like Washburn more than likely don't have the funding that schools like KU or KSU have. If it applies to one school, it should be able to apply to them all. Overall, it comes down to the fact that
Whether or not college athletes should be paid has been a major argument for a long time. My opinion on this particular subject is that, I believe college athletes should get paid while they are in school. One reason I believe this is, because college athletes bring in a lot of money for businesses like NCAA and CBS/Turner Sports for March Madness, but receive none of the profit. This money is not even, at least, distributed back into their education. These companies are making income off things such as their names and merchandise like jerseys with the player’s names and sometimes even video games(SmartAsset, 2017). It is not right for businesses to be making money off the college athletes that are also student struggling to keep up their grades,
The world of sports has grown larger than life over the past century, especially in college. Being a collegiate athlete is, without question, the hardest athletic profession in the world. Not only are students devoted to their sport, which requires an obscene amount of time of preparation, but they are also devoted to their school work. And the award they receive for their hard work? Of course there are the great memories, friendships made, “free education”, or national championships, but are theses students receiving their fair share? Should college athletes be paid? It is a question that has been asked, but never truly answered. College athletes should be paid for their work. I even have the perfect system to see that college athletes get their fair share- Pay up! It’s that simple.
College athletes can go to school for free, with many other benefits as well! They make this money by scholarships, tickets to games, general support, and medical help. Many people are debating this question and the topic has picked up heat lately. Fans, athletes and colleges are each debating this question. College Athletes shouldn’t be paid because athletes already bring in enough money, it's expensive for the college, and they have other benefits.
College students should get paid when they play, because of their hardwork and determination. The schools benefit from the students and should compensate them for participating in a sport where they give up so much of their lives. The college sports organizations should also share their wealth and stop taking advantage of these talented individuals. I really hope one day that everyone stands up for the welfare of college
One thing that I noticed in today’s society is that most people don’t go out and say I want to be a teacher when I get older. Most people go out a look for jobs that can help them have a secure future with a high pay such as being a doctor or a lawyer. This makes teaching a very undesirable job with in turn makes teaching harder for those who actually want to do it because they have to do more work since there isn’t enough people. (Washington Post) After looking at this picture you can see just how different the pay is between the two professions. There are a lot of things that lawyers and doctors don’t have to deal with that teachers do. Teachers also have to deal with a lot of after school time that they don’t
Many of my peers have told me that their parents pay them a dollar for every A that they receive on their report card. That concept of paying students for high grades has spread across the nations. Schools now use cash to motivate students to do well in school. Though yes, this is effective, but is it right? Has this truly benefited the students as much as we think it does? The answer to both questions is no. It takes away a child’s natural desire to learn, it doesn’t work out in the long run, and it ruins teacher-student relationships. Paying students for high grades is a terrible idea because it takes away a child’s intrinsic motivation, creates conflict between students and teachers, and doesn’t work out in
In conclusion, students should be paid to do well in school because it has many benefits to the student. Those benefits include motivation to get good grades, the money would help the student financially, and the student would learn how to manage their money more effectively. School is a big part of every person’s life, so it should be more rewarding to the
As you can see, some schools have tried to pay students to excel, but it is not working. Students should understand that there is more than money in this world, but learning from your own motivation is better than having money offered to you to do well in school and standardized tests. Not only that but they should be thinking about their future and were they would see themselves in 20 years. Los Angeles middle schools should not offer cash rewards to students to improve their academic motivation and performance because they will be thinking about the money rather than their own motivation to become educated and successful in life.
This is why education should be free, there stood many valid arguments against free education in the United States. But when we look at the benefits that this country could experience the benefits far out way the damages. We must let the knowledge run free. It may increase the national debt a bit, but because of the all loans the American people are already losing hope of their dreams. That is why we should at least let the students with a high grade averages go to college. We should also make college accessible to everyone because of how it can make our economy improved and all the benefits that can occur from free college.