Do you think college athletes should get paid?

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Keep in mind they get paid through scholarships, but majority of those scholarships aren’t full rides. Plus the sports have to split their money (funding) among all athletes and every amount varies. A lot of them have a hard time find a job to fit their schedules too.

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Ga

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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.

Ga

Ga • Nov 6, 2018
Only 2% of athletes receive scholarships.

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🍑🦄 • Nov 6, 2018
There are different kinds of scholarships and they are not all full rides

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As • Nov 6, 2018
I thought this is what scholarships were for 🤔 college pays for education in exchange for playing sports. Plus playing college sports is the outlet to catching pro eyes.

id

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

id

id • Nov 6, 2018
I just googled that and saw the source. A couple of things. 1. There are more divisions than NCAA. 2. What about students in their sophomore year? In my university, most athletes got them after they proved “worthy”.

Ga

Ga • Nov 6, 2018
Actually, statistically only 2% of athletes are given scholarships.

KC

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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.

Ma

Mawile • Nov 6, 2018
Yeah my experience was 2012-2016. Still salt in the wounds 😅

KC

KC • Nov 6, 2018
That is annoying! I honestly think it was the university. It was over 10 years for me, so I can’t quite remember if I could work only in the off-season, but I know I wasn’t interested in working during the season anyways.

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Mawile • Nov 6, 2018
I did 2 years at D2 and 2 years at NAIA. D2 we were allowed to work 20 hours in the off-season, or 35 if we could get work study. When I went to NAIA they told us no jobs basically August-May. They claimed our whole conference had that policy but no one bought it. “Champions of Character, not Champions of extra curricular activities” it was so damn annoying.

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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.

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

E.

E. • Nov 6, 2018
They’re choosing to do it though. They don’t have to play.

Ma

Mawile • Nov 6, 2018
If they are allowed to work. 🙈

Er

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

Ma

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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.

Ch

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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.

Ch

Ch • Nov 6, 2018
**shouldn’t

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Ch • Nov 6, 2018
Also I will note that most of the stats about students receiving special treatment was about male football and basketball players. I should have said all athletes, but the ones that the university make the most money off. I’m not sure how much money is made from female sport but I’m guessing it’s significantly less,

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Adversary • Nov 6, 2018
Ah so you’re Canadian!

Kr

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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.

Ch

Ch • Nov 6, 2018
This is a problem with the price in general. I started at one of the cheapest universities in Canada. I paid 300$ per class per semester. 1500$ for a full course load, 3000$. I paid 12 000 for my undergraduate degree (not counting books or the mandatory recreation pass you have to buy for the campus gym/fitness centres).

KC

KC • Nov 6, 2018
For sure. Especially if you’re at a private school since they will actively recruit athletes willing to pay for little to nothing in order to offset the balance and allow them to give more money to “better” players. The system is pretty skewed in that sense for sure.

Ma

Mawile • Nov 6, 2018
Most college athletes do not get good scholarships, and do not graduate debt free. I was a 4 year college athlete and have 40k in debt. Over the span of 4 years I was given 8k for my sport. I wasn’t allowed to work, despite having time in the off-season. It’s not black and white

Ve

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

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Ve • Nov 6, 2018
I miss typed .... an injury severe enough that it would result in not being able to play again. Same can be said for college .. not all injuries result in the inability to play after healing. Not all athletes lose their scholarship.

Ga

Ga • Nov 6, 2018
If you're injured in the pros you don't "lose your career" You're under a contract. That contract contains guaranteed money.

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Ve • Nov 6, 2018
If they get injured in the pros ... they lose their career. i dont think they should be paid in college / university.