Demanding lifestyle means college athletes get paid well
Although athletes already get scholarship money, the NCAA started allowing schools to give a small allowance to college athletes. Athletes practice anywhere between 40 to 50 hours a week. They would complain that since they bring a lot of money to the schools they should be getting paid. Some athletes complain about not being able to eat at night because they do not have enough money. College athletes should get paid, most athletes are not able to get jobs because they are either practicing or studying.
The new pay has been to help athletes to pay off student fees, laundry money and late-night snacks. The new stipends are available for most of the countries’ major sport programs. Athletes are now getting paid anywhere from $2,000 to $5,000 a year.
“College athletes aren’t getting enough money in scholarships to cover the money for going to school. If they are not getting enough money, they should get some money from the schools,” junior Eric Larson said.
College athletes bring a lot of money to the schools, but they do not get a penny from it. With the scholarship money they get from schools, they still do not make enough money. The average athletic scholarship is about $10,400; that only covers a forth of expenses for most schools.
According to CNN reporter Chris Isidore, Division I football and men’s basketball teams made a combined profit of $1.7 billion in the 2013-2014 school year.
Without income or work, it is very difficult for many students to get money. Athletes struggle with maintaining a healthy diet and a normal social life due to not having enough money. College athletes makes millions of dollars for their school, they should be getting a small profit out of it.
“So much money goes to schools because of players, they may not be professional athletes but they still should get a small profit from the money they make for schools,” senior Trevor Hendry said.
In 40 states the highest paid public officials are currently the head coaches of a state university’s football or men’s basketball team. College coaches get paid millions a year and the athletes that preform for the schools only get paid only $2,000 to $5,000. Most Division I athletes go to in to professional sport teams.
While college athletes practice long hard hours and study for six to nine hours a week, professional sport players train five to six hours a day for six days a week. For many college athletes, there is not enough hours in a day. With all the work they go through, there should be a decent profit for college athletes.
Sonia Moran is a junior at Stillwater Area High School. She was in the Stillwater School district her whole life. Sonia's hobbies are writing music, and...
jack DeGonda • Feb 10, 2017 at 7:57 am
I think that this article does a good job conveying its information to the reader with strong supporting quotes. I agree with the force behind this opinion because participating in a college sport is a major time committment, and time is money
Payton Filipiak • Feb 9, 2017 at 6:14 pm
This is a very interesting topic and I love how the Pony Express is talking about it. Many Stillwater students are going to play for college teams and this shows how much work it can be. I agree that players for teams that bring in the most money (Basketball, Football, ect.) should be paid.
Ryan Berg • Feb 9, 2017 at 4:50 pm
This is a very controversial topic and you really did a good job explaining it. You give so many good facts about why college athletes should be paid and it was very persuasive.
Christian Anderson • Feb 9, 2017 at 4:38 pm
It’s a good article over all. The facts are where the facts need to be, but having a couple more sources for credibility would be good. For example, when you talk about athletes not having enough money for food, link an interview to that statement. One last thing is the sentence, “The new stipends are available for most of the countries’ major sports programs,” “countries’ ” should be “country’s”. Countries’ inferes multiple countries across the globe and not just America. Other than that, good article.
Lauren Gella • Feb 9, 2017 at 12:56 pm
Right away there are facts that gave readers a reason to believe athletes should be paid. There was a lot of solid information like statistics and facts. I also enjoyed how the article displayed the perspectives of students here.
Jake Caywood • Feb 9, 2017 at 10:31 am
This is a very interesting article because this issue has shown a lot of controversy, as a writer you did a good job explaining why athletes should be paid and the struggles that they are facing.
Alex Ehde • Feb 9, 2017 at 10:15 am
This was a very interesting article, and very convincing. There were a lot of good facts, but there could have been more quotes from different athletes about their opinions.
McKenna • Feb 8, 2017 at 8:42 pm
This article was very well written and convincing. You had very strong points and facts to support your opinion. I agree with Ciana that this is a topic I would have never really thought about. Very interesting and fun to read! It
Hunter Hippel • Feb 6, 2017 at 3:35 pm
Really good article. There were a lot of very convincing facts that made the point valid. It also takes common sense to understand that athletes need to be paid. The NCAA doesn’t have it.
Ciana Fragnito • Feb 1, 2017 at 10:58 am
This story has very interesting facts and quotes and it addresses a topic many people have not even considered.
Noah Johnson • Jan 18, 2017 at 9:53 pm
Its a great article that makes strong points with strong quotes for the athletes to receive more money from their colleges. The article seemed one sided, but otherwise this was a phenomenal read.
Jack Reinseth • Jan 17, 2017 at 11:12 pm
Very good topic, loved how you had many facts and numbers to go along with information and good quotes. Very convincing article. I agree with that college athletes should be paid.
Katie Freichels • Jan 17, 2017 at 7:49 pm
This article is very informative with many facts to back up the point you’re trying to make. You had a lot of valid points that were backed up with good quality quotes.