Student Athletes Should Get Paid Essay

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The view that I take on this topic is a conservative view because I really don’t think that these players should get paid. I side with the NCAA completely about how these players are student athletes and are only amateurs. These kids are going to college for school first whether you think you’re gonna make it pro or not you still have to get the grades to get onto the field. Collegiate athletes across all divisions are getting so much more than the typical college student and I don't think that these athletes appreciate that enough. Lots of people wish they could go to Duke University for free to play basketball and then leave after one year to become a million in the NBA, but not everyone is the gifted to do that. I think the NCAA should …show more content…

The NBA is thinking about changing the “1 and done” rule which is when you go to a college for 1 year and declare for the NBA. I agree with this rule as I truly think that these kids should get an education and be forced to stay at least 2 years in college. The NFL made a rule stating you can’t declare for the NFL draft until you have 3 years in college football for developmental purposes and the injury rate would be insane with a bunch of 19 year olds running around in the NFL. The NCAA is really strict on their policies when it comes to money and recruiting as they should be because a recruit's decision should never be based on if he’s gonna get paid or not. I do understand that athletes put more time into their sport and it’s pretty much a job and it can get really stressful when you have school on top of that but that’s what you signed up for and you knew what you were in for also so I don’t think you have a fair argument. Ex collegiate athletes will tell you that they didn’t think it was that bad to the point where they thought they should’ve been paid. I’m not a college athlete yet so I don’t really know what it’s like but I have the opportunity to play division 3 football if I would like and if I do take that opportunity than I will know what I’m

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