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Noah Pritchard
Ms. Asuncion
English 9 Honors, Block 3
13 January 2016
Should College Athletes Get Paid
            For a long time, there has been an argument about whether college athletes should be paid or not. Some people say it is a job to play sports in college and others say it is a privilege. In my opinion, athletes should be compensated for playing sports throughout college. They are involved in a market that generates hundreds of millions of dollars, and they get none of it (nytimes.com).
            There have been many instances of student-athletes wanting to get paid. The most noteworthy of which is the Northwestern University football team. The players believe that they are employees of the University based on the definition provided by the National Labor Relations Board in Chicago (elonpendulum.com). The players do technically fit this definition of an employee based on the time and work they put in every week and the revenue generated for the school. I agree with the players that since they generated all of the profit, don’t they deserve to get some?
            Also, many former NCAA athletes believe current college players should be paid. Former NCAA basketball player Shane Battier thinks that athletes should be compensated for all of their time and hard work (Strachan). He said that not getting paid in college made it difficult to do everyday things that his friend or family wanted to do with him. As a former collegiate athlete and professional basketball player, Battier has a lot of credibility on the subject. Battier, along with many others, believes that playing college sports really is a full-time job and we should find a way to compensate the players for it.
            Another reason why the NCAA doesn’t pay athletes is that most schools report to have barely broken even after covering the costs of all the sports programs even with the massive amounts of money generated. While this seems like a good reason not to pay athletes, many financial experts believe that it would be extremely easy for the NCAA to pay the athletes. I believe that paying the athletes is one of the most important things for the NCAA to focus on right now and a lot of people would be happier if they did.

            

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