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Paying Athletes for Play
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Chad White May 8, 2003 Dr. Mancini Philosophy and Principles of Coaching Critical Issue Paper Paying Athletes for Play The big payoffs for the NCAA basketball championships and the football bowl games sometimes lead observers to conclude that collegiate athletes should be paid. This critical issue has rekindled the emotional debate over whether college athletes should be paid and whether the NCAA is providing fair compensation for the performers in its grandest athletic spectacle. There has been legislation brought before the Governor of Nebraska, Mike Johanns, which would allow the University of Nebraska to pay football players for their efforts. There are two sides to this elusive argument, one side argues that being a student athlete is a full time job so they should see some on the profits from the big commercialized events and the other side believes strongly that the student athletes are given a quality education that is important and valuable in many ways. Maybe it’s time to rethink this whole idea of pay for play concept. Originally, and this idea was rooted years ago, back before a college tuition could buy you a house in a nice neighborhood, paying college athletes a monthly stipend made sense from this perspective. It made sense because playing a sport at the Division 1-A level carries with it a year round commitment that includes pressure, sacrifice and occasional pain and suffering that non athletes usually don’t encounter. This is where my debate for paying players has to end. Everyone understands that being a college athlete takes time and effort but that’s why the athletes make a decision whether to play or not. Nobody is forcing these kids to play sports. Since when do we start to believe that these athletes should be paid?
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