This is a controversial issue when brought up or discussed. It is a very touchy subject for some to talk about. I’m going to get straight to the point. I personally believe that big time division one collegiate athletes should receive more benefits and money than what they do. It is a fact they get to eat their meals and stay at hotels for free while on the road and get a free college education in most cases. This is truly great, but when millions of dollars of revenue and profit are being produced from the games that the athletes are participating in this hardly seems like nothing. When these high profiled athletes walk around their campus bookstores and local sports stores they see their team’s jersey with their number on it being sold for about $50 a piece and they see absolutely no profit from it. To me this just seems unfair. The student-athletes are the ones who train almost all year around and sacrifice their bodies and time to make their team and university a success. These talented athletes are the sole reason why their respected universities receive millions and thousands of dollars to put into the school and to the athletic programs. The student-athletes make a tremendous amount of money for their universities and hardly see any of the rewards or benefits from it.
According to the Football Bowl Association, the previous bowl season ‘s thirty-one games generated about $210 million dollars for NCAA schools. This is a large and significant amount of money that could be used to give the d-1 athletes a little sum of what they themselves produced. According to the USA Today report, the Ohio State football program generated $60.8 million last year. The Ohio State University as a whole generated a revenue of $104.7 in athletics, and as a whole in the athletic department they also made a $2.9 million in profit. They finished $28.5 million in the black.(http://www.sportsbusinessnews.com/_news/news_356420.php) This example is to show how much money colleges are and are capable of making due to their student athletes performing well on the field and turning their schools’ athletic program(s) into successful ones. No not all major d-1 universities around the nation are making as much profit or generating as much revenue as Ohio State, but the point is they do have a manageable amount of money to distribute a little to the student-athletes. I feel when the athletes’ merchandise is being sold for profit and their natural ability for being talented at sports is also making millions of dollars for their school, then the least the school could do is give them a little more of a greater reward by paying them a certain amount of money. Now I’m not saying pay them millions like pros because they aren‘t professionals yet. I’m not even saying to pay them thousands of dollars. I’m just simply suggesting out of the millions of dollars produced the collegiate athletes should receive a couple hundred or so because they are the main reason of why the money is being made in the first place.
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I totally agree with you Demosky. Athletes train year in and year out to prepare for the ultimate goal, a National Championship. My question to everyone is "Why does the school pay athletes in free meals, hotel stays, and tuition?" The answer to me is they also want to win a National Championship. And what happens when they win a National Championship? Do the players get anything in return from the school other than what they recieve even if they didn't win the National Championship? No, of course not. They get a great big pat on the back for all the hard work they do to win a championship. I believe that players have to be getting bonuses for winning championships or winning the league. Our schools have to show their appreciation to the players a bit more than by what they are doing now.
The players do get that money though. They get to get their education for free, like you said. If it isn't enough that they can get a major into their career of choice for free, then maybe they don't deserve to have that scholarship. Also, about the jerseys, the jerseys don't have their names on it. Just the number. When they leave the school, more often than not, some freshman is going to take that number the year after they leave. Do they take a physical toll? Sure they do but they also get repaid with that education their going to be able to use their entire lives.
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