tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post742218466595213298..comments2023-04-03T19:49:42.055-05:00Comments on Civics Blog: Should public policy change to require payment for college athletes? Mr. Bretzmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907368716316376079noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-91795994356185176842015-01-12T06:59:58.022-06:002015-01-12T06:59:58.022-06:00I believe that college athletes shouldn't be p...I believe that college athletes shouldn't be payed. The point of college athletics is to show off for a chance to go pro. This will lead to large amounts of money in he future. Even if they don't go pro, they get a large portion if not all of the costs of college payed for. This means they receive their education and exit school better off financially then most students ever will. So, even though colleges make a ton only money off of star players, students have the cost of college deferred.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-37433399980742960112014-10-12T09:36:27.488-05:002014-10-12T09:36:27.488-05:00This topic has been a very big issue of a while no...This topic has been a very big issue of a while now if college athletes should get payed or not. i believe that this public policy should not change.I believe that these athletes have worked hard for what they earned. But i don't think that they should get payed for what they are doing. These athletes are already receiving free meals and in some case a completely free education. I feel like if we did change and payed college athletes a lot of things would change and cause many problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-69440789842937145772014-10-05T20:05:32.169-05:002014-10-05T20:05:32.169-05:00This has been a controversial issue for many years...This has been a controversial issue for many years now. In my opinion, i think that yes they should be payed enough so that they can pay for necessary living expenses. They work hard and should earn money back for all the work they put into helping raise the college money for winning games and selling tickets to create a profit for the college. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-49893644605297150732014-10-05T08:24:41.575-05:002014-10-05T08:24:41.575-05:00I believe that the policy should not change. Colle...I believe that the policy should not change. College athletes should not get paid just to play their sport. Many college athletes already receive scholarship money towards their education, a free meal plan, and access to the university fitness center/ weight room. Also, many of these students because of their sport have private tutors to travel with them and do not have to pay for them. Even though I disagree with the NCAA makes so much money off of them, I do not think the college athletes should get paid not the NCAA own the rights to these playersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-7589546820791056862014-05-01T11:11:49.269-05:002014-05-01T11:11:49.269-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-603140284921917192014-05-01T11:11:49.108-05:002014-05-01T11:11:49.108-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-45612274606066201432014-05-01T11:11:48.928-05:002014-05-01T11:11:48.928-05:00This has been an ongoing issue for a long time in ...This has been an ongoing issue for a long time in college sports. People have been debating for many years if college athletes should be paid or not. On one side of the argument, athletes are given a free education along with free meals and living space; on the other side, athletes are not able to get a job because their entire lives revolve around sports and school so they do not have any extra money to spend most of the time. In my opinion, the policy should not change. These athletes are getting great educations for free, and they get to play the sport that they love. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-42544969086760147002014-05-01T11:11:48.451-05:002014-05-01T11:11:48.451-05:00This has been an ongoing issue for a long time in ...This has been an ongoing issue for a long time in college sports. People have been debating for many years if college athletes should be paid or not. On one side of the argument, athletes are given a free education along with free meals and living space; on the other side, athletes are not able to get a job because their entire lives revolve around sports and school so they do not have any extra money to spend most of the time. In my opinion, the policy should not change. These athletes are getting great educations for free, and they get to play the sport that they love. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-45024940001010331882014-04-06T21:33:40.668-05:002014-04-06T21:33:40.668-05:00I have heard many "solutions" but one ca...I have heard many "solutions" but one caught my attention more than the others. It is suggested that college athletes do receive money because they are bringing in large sums of revenue for their respective colleges. In addition if they are being used to promote any specific brand of sports ware, they should be justly compensated like any other icon. However, student athletes with excess cash at their disposal can and will be dangerous. The competition just for sponsorships will also add stress to the players. The proposed idea I agree with is that whatever earnings are made by a college athlete are put into a trust fun for post-graduation. This way a student is still compensated for their time and efforts without have the loose change. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-82367606376708188532014-04-04T13:59:19.604-05:002014-04-04T13:59:19.604-05:00http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/03/25/m...http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/03/25/march-madness-student-athletes-college-your-take/6877105/ Would the NCAA have to pay all the sports? It's been reported that basketball and football usually are the only sports making money. Some of the other sports are losing the NCAA money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-47363716607379819972014-04-04T13:58:46.806-05:002014-04-04T13:58:46.806-05:00http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/03/25/m...http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/03/25/march-madness-student-athletes-college-your-take/6877105/ Would the NCAA have to pay all the sports? It's been reported that basketball and football usually are the only sports making money. Some of the other sports are losing the NCAA money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-82298420304408101402014-03-30T21:59:49.246-05:002014-03-30T21:59:49.246-05:00After reading both sides of the issue, I'm not...After reading both sides of the issue, I'm not sure what I think about this topic. I see why college athletes think that they should get paid more for what they bring to the school, however because of scholarships they are already receiving a free education, housing and meals just because of the talent that they have. I think that paying them would give them an unfair advantage over other students and would make college more about sports than about education. On the other hand, even if student athletes are receiving some benefits, maybe they should receive more because universities are basically exploiting their talents.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264730087571434490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-58184927688601705152014-03-30T21:52:52.815-05:002014-03-30T21:52:52.815-05:00This article discusses why college athletes should...This article discusses why college athletes should be paid for playing college sports. Their reasoning is that even though athletes do receive some compensation in the form of scholarships, that is isn't enough and that colleges are just using the talent of their students in order to make a profit. <br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tyson-hartnett/college-athletes-should-be-paid_b_4133847.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264730087571434490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-29783376418292071182014-03-30T21:45:24.159-05:002014-03-30T21:45:24.159-05:00This article discusses why college athletes should...This article discusses why college athletes should not receive payment for playing. The author's primary reasoning is that college athletes already receive a lot of money in the form of scholarships and that that wouldn't make it fair for the other students who aren't in sports. <br /><br />https://star.txstate.edu/node/660<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264730087571434490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-12945534024099188342014-03-30T21:29:52.149-05:002014-03-30T21:29:52.149-05:00College represents an enormous drain of funds for ...College represents an enormous drain of funds for many families, and it is natural that differences in amount that students are asked to pay should provoke conversation. From the point of view of a student not receiving a scholarship based upon a combination of genetic gift and hard work, I believe that possession of physical prowess should not exempt a student from tuition fees. Beyond the seeming discrimination against students who have sacrificed participation in sporting activities for academic pursuits, the policy of awarding financial aid or scholarships to students based solely upon their extracurricular endeavors disregards the formal purpose of a college: education. <br />No one can deny that in American education, sports are huge. The advent and prevalence of March Madness in this very month is testament to fact. In my own classes, students sneak peaks at the games on their phones throughout class, allowing the national spotlight on basketball to steal focus from daily classwork. When the institution of athleticism has ingrained itself so thoroughly into contemporary society as to belay education even in the classroom, it is apparent it has received far too much attention, and the telescope Americans fix on the collegiate scene must be re-focused. <br />However, I fear that any movement toward legislation to require college athletes to pay tuition would be sweepingly unsuccessful. In the same way that the admission of individuals on the grounds of "multiculturalism" to promote a more diverse campus is untouchable, so too is the practice of "hiring" the new recruits for the treasured team each year.<br />But those of us who are malcontents can rest assured in the knowledge that in actuality, there are nearly twenty-two times the amount of financial aid available in academic than athletic scholarships. <br />To consider paying college athletes, the idea is flabbergasting. There is already a professional league, and students put under the pressures to preform on such a level would likely experience mental, physical, or emotional breakdown. College is meant to be an institute of learning, not a commercialized branch of the sporting industry.Anne Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600420815832935339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-29679574560458762872014-03-30T19:09:35.401-05:002014-03-30T19:09:35.401-05:00Better to hear it from players themselves! Here ar...Better to hear it from players themselves! Here are some opinions from some college athletes. <br /><br />http://www.wcjb.com/local-news-sports/2014/03/should-college-athletes-get-paid-former-gator-players-weighAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238842293789933505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-21455972530411573592014-03-30T13:59:20.085-05:002014-03-30T13:59:20.085-05:00I believe that college athletes should get paid in...I believe that college athletes should get paid in a way that their college tuition gets paid for. They spend tons of hours outside from their education and it brings a lot of media and money to the school. College sports require a lot of talent, hard work and sacrifice. Therefore, I believe that public policy should change (college athletes should be paid based on their talent and sport).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-34568077258861524112014-03-30T10:44:26.235-05:002014-03-30T10:44:26.235-05:00College athletes being payed for their performance...College athletes being payed for their performance is an intersting current event topic. While i was watching the game last night (Wisconsin and Arizona)the topic ran through my mind. These athletes are brining international publicity to a school that people dont know about. FGCU for example was a school nobody had heard about that ended up being national news for athletics. These athletes should not get payed, but on a note Nathan S. brouht up, if an athlete brings revenue to a school, i could see a possible compensation being relevant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-19576765541704187852014-03-29T16:53:06.384-05:002014-03-29T16:53:06.384-05:00I do not believe that public policy should change ...I do not believe that public policy should change to require paying college athletes, but I am not completely opposed to paying the athletes whose skills bring money into the University. I feel that an argument could be made that the athletes that practice so much that it impedes their ability to acquire a job could be paid by the University for some of the time spent working on their sport.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03808639835848032189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-31893690834010452762014-03-29T12:41:25.385-05:002014-03-29T12:41:25.385-05:00I do not think that public policy should require t...I do not think that public policy should require the payment of college athletes. Athletes already get large scholarships that can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars over 4 years. The really good athletes, who would be paid if they were allowed, already get the chance to make millions in pro sports after playing on college teams. Paying these college athletes would raise the cost of tuition for other students, who already pay large amounts for college.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398886338549191355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-63821621253031664222014-03-28T16:00:06.190-05:002014-03-28T16:00:06.190-05:00As a sport enthusiast, I continue to support the i...As a sport enthusiast, I continue to support the idea of not paying college athletes. First of all, division 1 college athletes get huge scholarships and often free rides to schools for their athletic ability. Not many people get that opportunity to get a great education at top schools for free or low cost. If the athlete stays all 4 years, the scholarships can add up to nearly $200,000. Secondly, if college student athletes were paid, some money would be taken away from an education stand point. Instead of paying athletes, schools can continue improving technology and education within the system. Sure, the “boss” is still making a big chunk of change if they are not paying the players, but the money would possibly be taken away from funding programs that help improve the school as a whole. Student first – athlete second.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-67809367919562820302014-03-26T10:44:37.381-05:002014-03-26T10:44:37.381-05:00I believe this public policy should be unchanged. ...I believe this public policy should be unchanged. Student athletes often get scholarships, free tuition, and free lunches. This compensates for the time that NCAA sports require from its athletes.Nick Bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913002785899612495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-18353624372584643622014-03-26T10:31:35.710-05:002014-03-26T10:31:35.710-05:00I believe the public policy should not be changed....I believe the public policy should not be changed. College athletes can get scholarships and other privileges. This could cause tuition to be raised to meet the cost of paying athletes. This would make college unaffordable to some. College costs are high enough, so raising tuition to pay for athletes is not good. Overall, I think college athletes should remain unpaid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-81685518128824271492014-03-25T18:06:34.099-05:002014-03-25T18:06:34.099-05:00College athletes should not be paid more because t...College athletes should not be paid more because they receive many benefits already. Their career is already taken care of so they do not need to worry about that like many others do. The athletes play the sport because they want to and enjoy doing it, so why should they get paid for it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08894813865195125272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-7907127623202186482014-03-25T16:40:21.813-05:002014-03-25T16:40:21.813-05:00I think that this policy of not paying student ath...I think that this policy of not paying student athletes should be unchanged because the athletes are already granted scholarships as well as many other privileges. They are also playing the sport because they want to, not because they get paid to, which shows their dedication to the sport instead of dedication to getting paid.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797454002073681873noreply@blogger.com