Why college athletes shouldn't be paid?

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Volsguy12

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I have to write a 6 page paper on this. if anyone wants to give me any ideas, throw them my way. I already have some stuff. just not 6 pages.
 
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I was never paid. I went to school for free. If you want to write a paper why they should be paid let me know. Going thru it myself I can give you some pointers
 
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BearCat204 said:
Because most are on scholarship and they are getting paid with a free education
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they are providing a service for the school, help bring in money. plus these guys are paying for it w/ their bodies. i've had several knee surgeries due to it. it takes its toll on ur body
 
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The main focus of my paper would be how paying athletes would shift the balance of power to the larger schools with more wealthy boosters. That unlevel playing field would again move CFB away from today's move toward parity and again make it a landscape of haves and have nots.

I think you can probably make this a focus and use the 80 scholarship rule's impact on the game to source some positives in the parity.

JMO
 
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There is a "top 5 reasons..." show on ESPNClassic from time to time, and one of them is "reasons that college athletes shouldn't be paid." That could be a good alternate source to use, if that is part of it?
 
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BigPapaVol said:
The main focus of my paper would be how paying athletes would shift the balance of power to the larger schools with more wealthy boosters. That unlevel playing field would again move CFB away from today's move toward parity and again make it a landscape of haves and have nots.

I think you can probably make this a focus and use the 80 scholarship rule's impact on the game to source some positives in the parity.

JMO
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You may also want to address whether it would just be universities and conferences paying or product endorsements and the problems it would add to the issue.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
The main focus of my paper would be how paying athletes would shift the balance of power to the larger schools with more wealthy boosters. That unlevel playing field would again move CFB away from today's move toward parity and again make it a landscape of haves and have nots.

I think you can probably make this a focus and use the 80 scholarship rule's impact on the game to source some positives in the parity.

JMO
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Thanks Bpv, that's exactly what i'm looking for.
 
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Vol Mania 21 said:
they are providing a service for the school, help bring in money. plus these guys are paying for it w/ their bodies. i've had several knee surgeries due to it. it takes its toll on ur body
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Agreed! Therefore they are getting paid for providing said services
 
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BearCat204 said:
Agreed! Therefore they are getting paid for providing said services
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the NFL players union disagrees vehemently. their argument that pay should be commensurate with value sorta kills the in-state tuition as pay argument for me.
 
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I think most Presidents would argue that the key word in Student-Athletes is student.

Some could argue that it would created a schism between athletes and normal students, as well as football players and normal athletes.

Coming up with money to pay football and basketball would probably kill 90% of your sports programs...why keep Baseball when Football is the money maker?
 
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the problem is the overwhelming majority of sports aren't making money for the school. They are costing them money. This even holds true in most D1 men's football teams. Even an alarming number of basketball programs are showing up red.

Look at what Title IX caused (and for the record, i'm for the premise of Title IX). Having to pay athletes will just further diminish collegiate athletics.
 
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KB5252 said:
You may also want to address whether it would just be universities and conferences paying or product endorsements and the problems it would add to the issue.
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Good point...once you open that door where the $$$ comes from basically ruins the spirit of college football and makes it minor league pro football.
 
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dan4vols said:
Good point...once you open that door where the $$$ comes from basically ruins the spirit of college football and makes it minor league pro football.
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but again please don't forget that you can't just pay football players and not tennis, track, gymnasts, etc. They train just as often and as hard for their sport.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Considering most programs lose money, the fact players get a scholarship makes them overpaid at most schools.
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oh but hat, there's all that PR money that no one has ever been able to actually figure out! Just because ETSU's football team was losing millions a year, they made millions more by getting kids to come to school there just because there was a football team.:crazy:
 
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There are legitimate points on both sides of this issue. Here are the best ones for the "don't pay them" position.

1. It wouldn't reflect economic reality. The vast majority of programs break even or lose money.
2. It can't be done legally without totally detonating the system. Title IX won't let you pay an outside linebacker but not a female swimmer.
3. Making the athletes essentially employees takes the college sports outside the realm of amateur athletics and creates just another professional league.
4. The day players are paid, the NCAA can kiss its tax exempt status goodbye. Congress isn't going to let a pseudo minor league go untaxed.
5. Entering into a scholarship is a voluntary transaction. If a player feels they are being exploited, they can always leave the university in search of someone who will give them what they want.
6. The legal ramifications of making athletes employees, i.e. worker's compensation, possible collective bargaining, et al, would bankrupt college sports in short order.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Considering most programs lose money, the fact players get a scholarship makes them overpaid at most schools.
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In those cases, then free market principles should be applied and those programs that lose money should be purged.

If it isn't making dollars, it doesn't make sense.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
In those cases, then free market principles should be applied and those programs that lose money should be purged.

If it isn't making dollars, it doesn't make sense.
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so you want to boil it down to around 25-30 football programs across the country? Great idea.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
In those cases, then free market principles should be applied and those programs that lose money should be purged.

If it isn't making dollars, it doesn't make sense.
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The University of Tennessee as a whole isn't a profit maker. Time to shut it down.
 
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hatvol96 said:
3. Making the athletes essentially employees takes the college sports outside the realm of amateur athletics and creates just another professional league.
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This whole romantic idea about the virtue of the "amateur athlete" needs to be re-addressed. It is a 120 year old hold over that somehow maintains that if an athlete isn't paid, that there is more virtue and competitiveness in sport. I find it ironic that the same institutions that seem to think that money can corrupt athletes and their competitive spirit seem to have no problems with paying coaches obscene amounts of money or raking in millions from television contracts. No one seems to ask if the universities are more corrupt when they make a profit.
 
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