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Devonne Waters
Dr. J
EH102
23 Jan 2013
The Change Project
For years, Division I athletes have been pouring their hearts out day after day, week after
week, to protect the pride and tradition of their universities. With television contracts and shoe
deals alone, the athletes are really bringing in the money and other forms of revenue. The
athletes are put in tough situations and put their bodies on the line and do not receive anything
for it and I know this because I am one of these college athletes. Football can waste a lot of
energy and can cause many injuries, which was a broken wrist for me. People can say that the
typical athlete’s scholarship is enough to compensate, but is it? A true athlete plays the game
simply for the love of it. At the Division I level of sports, it is more or less a business, and it is
the athlete’s job to make money for the school. Furthermore, these athletes give up many
freedoms. For a given number of hours per week, they give their blood, sweat, and tears just to
play a sixty-minute game or run two times around a track. Take these factors and combine it with
the athlete’s academic responsibilities and it’s a lot to account for. When all is said and done,
how much money does the athlete receive? Aside from a scholarship the answer is zero.
Student-athletes that do not have scholarships do not have a way to pay for college, so college
athletes should receive some type of compensation for representing their colleges, because there
is a lot of stress placed on the players by playing a sport and does not even have enough money

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for personal items. That is why the NCAA needs to change the rule that states that college
athletes can receive a form of compensation for their role on the court or field.
As mentioned earlier, intercollegiate athletics is more or less a business in itself. This
topic usually needs to be broken down to understand. A business has different departments; the
owner, the management, and the employees at the bottom of the pyramid that make everything
run smoothly. The owners, of course, have provided the money for the company; the managers
run the company; and the laborers perform the work. A business that does not pay their
employees does not exist, and of course, no one would work for them if such a thing did exist.
Most people think that an athlete should just be thankful for the education that is received in
exchange for a few hours of practice. However, an enormous amount of cash is being circulated
within that school, at the athlete’s expense, which that athlete will never lay eyes on. Of course,
this is a controversial topic, and there are obviously two sides in this argument: a side for and a
side against the argument. It is true that student-athletes are not the typical college student. The
athletes are unable to deposit that check that most work toward outside academic duties. Time
and physical constraints do not allow these individuals to actively pursue a part-time job. Some
people would say that this act is professionalizing college sports. The athlete is not asking for a
yearly salary or weekly paycheck, but just a stipend or allowance as in how the graduate
fellowships work. The only item that will make it professional would be making a college athlete
sign a contract saying if “X” is performed, then the athlete will receive “Y” amount of money.
The average student can hold jobs and afford to experience the real college life, while the athlete
spends free time in the weight room or cramming for a final. According to NCAA rules, “It is a
violation of the NCAA rules for athletes to accept money or gifts while intending to remain
eligible.” The NCAA is afraid that boosters and friends would offer athletes jobs, the possibility

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Devonne Waters Dr. J EH102 23 Jan 2013 The Change Project For years, Division I athletes have been pouring their hearts out day after day, week after week, to protect the pride and tradition of their universities. With television contracts and shoe deals alone, the athletes are really bringing in the money and other forms of revenue. The athletes are put in tough situations and put their bodies on the line and do not receive anything for it and I know this because I am one of these college athletes. Football can waste a lot of energy and can cause many injuries, which was a broken wrist for me. People can say that the typical athlete’s scholarship is enough to compensate, but is it? A true athlete plays the game simply for the love of it. At the Division I level of sports, it is more or less a business, and it is the athlete’s job to make money for the school. Furthermore, these athletes give up many freedoms. For a given number of hours per week, they give their blood, sweat, and tears just to play a sixty-minute game or run two times around a track. Take these factors and combine it with the athlete’s academic responsibilities and it’s a lot to account for. When all is said and done, how much money does the athlete receive? Aside from a scholarship the answer is zero. Student-athletes that do not have scholarships do not have a way to pay for college, so college athletes should receive some type of compensation for representing their colleges, because there is ...
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