Writing Into The Day by Ryan Hoefs https://padlet.com/ryan_hoefs347/g2p0owuqxdsy Paying College Athletes en-us 2016-12-13 20:06:34 UTC 2025-11-02 19:05:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Should Athletes be paid to play? ryan_hoefs347 https://padlet.com/ryan_hoefs347/g2p0owuqxdsy/wish/143722025 http://college.usatoday.com/2016/10/20/should-athletes-be-paid-to-play/

1. Though it originally started as a question about video game royalties, it has blossomed into an argument about payment in general.
2. College athletes from several schools threatened to unionize and demanded they be paid royalties when video games were released containing their names and likenesses.
3.  While the athletes are putting their bodies on the line, they are doing so voluntarily. 
4. Just because a college athlete performs doesn’t entitle them to a paycheck.
5.So, just because there is a cash cow that produces a lot of money, it doesn’t mean that money can be used to pay the athletes.
6. Most people tend to overlook the fact that so many athletes are already paid monetarily in the form of scholarships.
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1. My charge was to devise a scheme that would divert some revenue to them without bankrupting university athletic departments or destroying the fabric of college sports.
2/3. On the other side of the divide are those who believe that a college scholarship is pay enough — though in truth, most of those taking this position are athletic directors and coaches.]]> 2016-12-15 16:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_hoefs347/g2p0owuqxdsy/wish/143890487 21 Reasons Why Student-Athletes Are Employees And Should Be Allowed To Unionize ryan_hoefs347 https://padlet.com/ryan_hoefs347/g2p0owuqxdsy/wish/143946692 http://www.forbes.com/sites/marcedelman/2014/01/30/21-reasons-why-student-athletes-are-employees-and-should-be-allowed-to-unionize/#510057c02991

1. Northwestern University petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to form a union.  The NCAA disagrees with the petition, arguing that student-athletes are not "employees" under federal law.

The typical Division I college football player devotes 43.3 hours per week to his sport -- 3.3 more hours than the typical American work week.
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