College athletes should not be paid because the universities give the athletes more than sufficient compensation. Universities provide the athletes with a free education and pay for much of their other living expenses. In addition to this, they also receive the luxuries of first choices of classes, personal academic advisors and nicer facilities then the average student at the university. The opportunity to play college sports is also a great way to showcase their talents to fans and more importantly professional scouts. Just as college is a way for the average student to increase their marketability college provides the same opportunities for athletes.
The individual athletes who get fans to turn on their TV’s, attend games and buy merchandise will be able to play professionally and earn more than their fair share of money. For those athletes who can not make it in professional sports the free education, likely of higher quality then they could have received otherwise, is sufficient compensation.
If an athlete feels that they deserve to be compensated they don’t have to go to college. For example current NBA player Brandon Jennings did not go to college but instead played professionally abroad and was paid to do so. This route is not only viable for basketball, football players can play in the CFL (Canadian Football League) which has no minimum age requirement and baseball players can be drafted out of high school. These options are not taken by many athletes; showing that they feel the experiences that the universities provide them are sufficient compensation.
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