Should College Athletes Be Paid?

The NCAA does not allow college athletes to be payed for being on a college sports team. There has been big a debate between the universities and players whether or not they should be paid. College athletes should be paid because they don’t have time to have a  jobs and a scholarship isn’t enough to pay for certain needs. 
Some college athletes don’t have time to get jobs and come from struggling families. According to a twitter feed in the article, “BCS: Player Round Table: Should Athletes be Paid,” contributor, Ishaq Williams says, “ You can struggle because you don’t have time to work, to have a job.” Between practices and 2-3 hour games, sometimes late at night, college athletes don’t have time to have jobs. Furthermore, another contributor, Michael Williams, Alabama tight end said, “You have people coming in whose families’ situation is not good at all.” Some families pay so much money for their kids to attend big Universities such as Alabama ($33,781 per semester without a scholarship), Oregon ($26,415 per semester without a scholarship) and Notre Dame ($40,910 per semester without a scholarship) to be successful. Some players need to be paid to support their struggling families. 
Athlete should be paid because a scholarship isn’t enough to support their needs. More specifically, in the article, “Why College Athletes Should be Paid,”  “Most Athletes don’t last for a whole four years,” some players don’t even use the full four year scholarship. Sometimes players get cut off the team and move to different colleges. In addition to the same article and the fact that a scholarship isn’t enough, “A scholarship doesn’t equal cash in a players pocket.” a scholarship may be able to pay for books and tuition but it doesn’t  pay for laundry, and food.
Some may say college athletes shouldn’t be paid because they’re being paid in other ways. One reason is because in the article, “Why College Athletes Should Not be Paid,”  “College athletes today have never had it better, with major universities like Ohio State, Auburn, Georgia, and Michigan.” College athletes should be grateful that they get to play for major universities and very good teams. Secondly, “[universities] investing millions of dollars into new student-athlete centers and facilities to pamper these 18-22 years old with a lifestyle once reserved only for royalty.” These college players are very rich in other ways. They make so much money for their universities but don’t get a dime. On the contrary, in the article, “ Should NCAA pay college players?,” Johnny Manziel,  a heisman winning quarterback for Texas A&M  has an autograph worth lots of money but is not being payed for it. Manziel makes millions of dollars for the Texas A&M football team but receives nothing. Also,  Oregon spends lots of money on a sports complex. For example, this complex had couches from italy, a fuzzball table from Barcelona, and a rug from Nepal. All that money wasted on this sports complex can be given to the players. College players should be paid for the hard work they put on the field and the money should  not be wasted on an expensive sports complex.
This topic is important because college athletes are working hard everyday, during games and practices and not receiving any money. Most players do get free, books, tuition, and food but, they don’t receive laundry money, gas for their cars and cash in their pocket. They work too hard to not be paid.