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No they should not be paid because they get a full ride scholarship and they don’t have to pay for college and this is like college where you are majoring in basketball for a job ifmyunplay college basketball is not a job.

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They should be paid because this is why they are at that college and the best teams would change if people were paid to go their.

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College athletes should not be paid because they are already having there housing, food, and school paid for there isn’t much that the team doesn’t provide.

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They should be paid because they are doing the same thing as pro players and not all players get scholarships

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Getting paid for being in the NCAA is basically getting a free degree. You aren’t hired to play at a college basketball team. Getting hired means you need to have a bachelors degree, which comes from graduating college. How can you get paid by the school while attending it at the same time?

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They should not be payed because they already get almost everything payed for and you are usually supposed to pay for your own education so it wouldn’t make since to pay them even more.

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They shouldn’t be paid because they could take money over education and could be very smart but take money instead

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They shouldn’t be paid because they don’t need the money at that age and they already get almost everything free.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/learning/should-college-athletes-be-paid.html

CENTRAL IDEA
Should college athletes be paid?

THE CASE OF ZION

Zion Williamson got injured mid season which brought up the debate should college players be paid?

These injuries dealt to Zion this year could affect his pro career, but why risk it?

THEY SHOULD

Why should players risk their pro paycheck with injuries when they aren’t currently getting paid?

There was once a top football player who found himself with a more serious injury a few years ago, that player elected to end his college career prematurely, to limit the risk to his professional payday.

THEY SHOULDN’T

Why give them money when everything they need is being payed for?

Paying student-athletes might sound like a fairer way to treat students who generate so much money and attention for their colleges.

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https://www.theperspective.com/debates/sports/college-athletes-get-paid/

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https://www.trade-schools.net/articles/college-athlete-pay.asp

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They do not know what the students will spend the money on.

According to CollegeXPress.com, 62% of college students check their yearly bank accounts. Only 39% of those plan a budget. Giving money to the students is untrustworthy because it can fall into the wrong hands.

The more money, the more problems: they do not know wants and needs. College students, being young adults, are introduced to the idea of money. Already few students budget properly, and giving them more makes it even worse. They would most likely go ham with their purchases because of peer pressure. It makes sense for them to think that way. Imagine your friends want to go to a movie. You have the money to do it, why not go and do it? Then it leads a chain of events. Go to a movie, then to a bar, then to a restaurant. And you need to pay for it all. Which brings me to the next point.

That 23 percent of people who don’t budget their money, usually spend about 1000 dollars (in credit card debt) before they even graduate. Using alot of money in early adulthood will not leave a good late adulthood. That’s cause they are use to spending fortunes on useless items.

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Yes because they are the ones doing the work. Even if they get a scholarship, it doesn’t give the scholars money for personal needs. They pay for dorm rooms, flight tickets, books, supplies, and other things. In addition, the scholarship is basically a bribe to get players to play on their team.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/college-student-athletes-spend-40-hours-a-week-practicing-2015-1

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcedelman/2014/01/30/21-reasons-why-student-athletes-are-employees-and-should-be-allowed-to-unionize/#2310a3778d05

https://www.collegexpress.com/articles-and-advice/athletics/blog/should-college-student-athletes-be-paid-both-sides-debate/

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2226541

http://www.espn.com/

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The Colleges are not business, they’re universities. Paying people to play on your team is basically a recruitment.

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https://theundefeated.com/features/big-time-college-athletes-should-be-paid-with-big-time-educations/

CENTRAL IDEA

Should college athletes be paid?

THEY SHOULD

Roy Williams, the coach of the men’s North Carolina university basketball team received a whopping $925,000 when the team won the national championship. All this while the players only got a t-shirt and hat.

The NCAA collects $1.1 billion per year from CBS and Turner for broadcast rights to the basketball tournament. But yet that can’t pay even the best players in the whole NCAA anything?

Conferences and individual colleges make additional millions during the regular season. Many have greatly argued for years that, morally and legally, the players deserve to pocket some of those earnings.

THEY SHOULDN'T

Right now, college players receive up to six figures’ worth of higher education. Why do they need more?

Let’s look at what those North Carolina ballers receive from their athletic scholarships. Start with four years of tuition, fees, room and board that total $80,208 for in-state students and $180,536 for those from outside North Carolina. Add the benefit of a diploma from a top institution with an influential and passionate alumni network. UNC is nationally ranked the No. 5 public university and the No. 30 college overall. That seems like enough.

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https://www.collegexpress.com/articles-and-advice/athletics/blog/should-college-student-athletes-be-paid-both-sides-debate/

THEY SHOULD

Main Idea: College Athletes have the right to get paid for their hard work in sports and making money for the colleges.

College athletes work hard as they put energy and effort, time, and profits for their school. They decided that they want to make the college better and get no money from it. They could make the school famous (Weber State University) and gain money.

They get a lot a lot of money for the school like attracting players to sporting events, giving them movie. The athletes should get paid some of the profits. The “Flutie effect” can happen as well. It’s when a big star and gets a lot of fame and attention to the college which could bring profits.

The coaches get paid for breaking records, reaching the offseason, and winning the big games. Yet, when players do the actual physical work, they get bonuses for breaking records, reaching the offseason, and winning big games.

THEY SHOULDN’T

Main Idea: They don’t deserve to get paid as they already get all the attention.

They decided that they wanted to go that college and that they shouldn’t be paid to go to a school and play a sport. They already get a scholarship and that should be enough.

This is not a business and they don’t need to get paid for something that they chose to do as a living.

They already go to a college for no price which some people can’t afford. If they were paid they wouldn’t try at school and the students would spend it on useless needs.

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Yes because they practice alot daily and more for a competition

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/college-athletes-getting-paid-here-are-some-pros-cons_b_58cfcee0e4b07112b6472f9a
https://www.theperspective.com/debates/sports/college-athletes-get-paid/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/college-athletes-should-be-paid_b_4133847

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Only 2010. Think about what it would be today.

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All these players give so much publicity to the schools that it would seem brutal not to pay them. Especially because of how much revenue they give the schools.

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Yes. Although the players are famous, very few of them are rich. In college basketball, your scholarship pays for your health insurance. For example, Zion Williamson broke his ankle (grade 1) and Duke paid for it as  for his appeared in March Madness. What if he was a professional? He probably wouldn’t be able to pay for it. In a way it is sort of discouraging.