Student Athletes Getting Paid

Student athletes should be getting paid for their contributions and participations at their perspective universities and colleges. Some of the nay Sayers who oppose student athletes getting paid for the hard work they put in not only in training and spending majority of their time specializing their craft and going after their dream. Yes, in actually all students in college should get paid such as they do in Denmark and other countries. However, student athletes are special with their involvement in sport not only are they putting their bodies on the line. According to author Justin Reyes, “Imagine working for countless hours, six days a week, then putting on multiple performances just so someone else can be paid billions. That is the life of a college athlete. College athletes do not get any recognition or benefits that they deserve for the revenue they bring to their university and the surrounding community.”  Student athletes bring in a lot of money into the institutions they play a sport for. Mainly those who play basketball, football, baseball, and many other sports. Nevertheless, student who play in sports bring in a lot of revenue to the colleges and universities they play for which should benefit every from students to university faculty. . Also, playing a sport while taking college courses is not easy. One who is student athlete has to wake early go to practice and spend a lot of time away from family. Also, they get injured and some doctors and researchers have pointed the stress and physical harm some these sports have on student athletes. Student athletes should be getting paid to their valuable contributions to everyone at their institutions. Also, the majority agrees according to author Abigail Hess, “Among athletes, support for such a policy is significantly higher, with 40% of athletes polled strongly in favor and 31% in favor. Support was lowest among white students. An estimated 51% of white students said they favor or strongly favor paying student-athletes a salary, while 52% of Hispanic students, 56% of Asian students and 61% of Black students said they favor or strongly favor paying student-athletes a salary. College Pulse also asked students how they thought distributing salaries”. The majority agrees in this case student athletes should get getting paid for the blood and sweat they put their craft.