paying college athletes

People have debated on whether or not to pay college athletes for years. College athletes should not get paid. Paying college athletes would take away any chance a small school would ever have of going to a BCS bowl game, players already get paid through their scholarships, and it simply would ruin the innocence of the college game.

Small schools like TCU and Boise State will never have a chance at getting to a BCS bowl game again if college players received paychecks. Bigger schools have a lot more money than smaller ones and would be able to spend more on better players.

Athletes are already paid hundreds of thousands through their scholarship money. Not only do these scholarships cover tuition, but they cover room and board, food, books, etc.

The opposition states that college athletes bring in millions of dollars to their universities and don’t receive any of that money that they deserve. However, a major reason people love college sports is because of the fact that most of those kids out on the court/field are playing it simply because they love the game. By paying college athletes money, it would ruin everything that makes college sports great.

In conclusion, colleges should not have to pay their athletes because it would ruin the “little guys’” chance at getting to BCS bowls, they already pay them by giving them scholarships, and it would ruin the innocence of college sports