Yes, actually I do.Being a college athlete is a full time job. There's so much more than just playing in the game. You've got long practices, weight room/gym requirements, time studying new game film, new play books, etc.The amount of money colleges profit from sporting events is outrageous.On top of that, everytime a student breaks a record, the team wins a game, and/or the team reaches certain goals (scoring, yards, etc depending on the sport) the Coach receives a bonus. The players are the ones breaking the records.and busting their butt, yet they don't get a dime.

Most of them get paid in scholarships. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I think that’s enough. No one is forcing you to play sports

No, I don’t. I was a college athlete on full scholarship at a very expensive private university. I wouldn’t have been able to go there had I not had a scholarship. Not all schools rake in a shit load of money for their sports. There are different leagues and divisions, not to mention different sports that are simply not money makers. Where would the public schools in Division 3 of the NCAA get the money to pay for their women’s basketball teams? What about a low performing NAIA golf team? Do they simply just not have teams? If that’s the case, there will be a huge number of young athletes that will lose out on the opportunity to continue their athletic “journeys”, and possibly their academic journeys since athletic scholarships are often seen as the only hope for some students to afford going to college. I’m just curious where you draw the line here. Do only the 1st division NCAA football and men’s basketball players get paid? For me, it’s either all or nothing as it’s simply unfair for other sports and schools that are not huge money makers to be expected to pay their players.

Eh, it’s just college. I don’t even think professional entertainment/athletic jobs should get paid as much as they do, but that’s a different conversation. In college, there are a lot of people who dedicate all their time to something in school and don’t get paid, because that’s just how it is. I’m just not sure how I feel about college athletes making money. I’d rather worry about making college more affordable than paying some athlete to play a game tbh.

Yes. Between the practices, games, personal training, school and studying, how are they supposed to work and take care of themselves?

Why should they get paid twice? If they are in fact being paid with scholarships (including partial)?

I hate this topic. Everyone groups all athletes into the D1 superstar category. College athletics is not one size fits all. All tuitions aren’t the same, all conference regulations aren’t the same, all school policies aren’t the same. Bobby the D1 quarterback? Yeah he probably has a sweet deal. But Joe his backup? Same year, same position but isn’t as good? Probably gets 1/3 of what Bobby gets while going to the same workouts, practices, study hall, meetings, film sessions, etc. With college prices these days, that’s nothing.College athletes aren’t asking to be paid thousands of dollars. Many would be happy with a stipend for the semester, or even in season. This could easily be accomplished with the money that comes from admissions, concessions, merchandise. Scholarship funds come from the NCAA/NJCAA/NAIA. Special ones from donors.

NOOO but we don’t take collage sports seriously where I come from. There are soooo many people who need funding more than athletes who have it easier on average anyway. There is also sooo much evidence that they are allowed to barely pass or get pushed on. Give the money to someone who is valued for their brain. That’s what academia is meant for!! Unless the athletes are brilliant.

I don’t think so. They know what they are getting into when they accept the offer. Most get really good scholarships too, and they are paid by graduating almost debt free and by gaining exposure that may get them into the pros. My boyfriends brother was a football coach at a major university and his players were failing their classes and would be dropped from the football team if they did, so his boss threatened to fire him if he didn’t do the players homework for them so they would pass and stay on the team so they wouldn’t lose their good players and their winning streak. It’s ridiculous what goes on behind the scenes.

If their real good ... they did by getting a scholarship.