College football has as much fame on Saturday as a professional team has on Sunday. The players are just as big of stars and the race to the BCS championship is made up of Cinderella stories and tragic upsets. The media is paying high dollar amounts to broadcast these games and those star players even get to be stars on television. Corporations like Nike and UnderArmor use this media coverage as sufficient was to advertise. But who gets all the money that these corporations pay to get this advertising out?
Not the players.
College football and the NCAA have always been opposed to letting college athletes be paid for playing a sport. Sponsorships and promoting campaigns that involve players merely just benefit the university or college.
Tim Tebow is a Heisman Trophy winner and a 2-time National Champion. He has been in numerous commercials and magazine ads and is a role model to kids around the nation. They buy his jerseys, they buy tickets to watch him play, and when they can’t get out to watch him play on the field, radio and television broadcasts help with that.
Tebow makes millions! Well, WOULD make millions if it wasn’t for the strict rules of the NCAA to not allow college athletes to accept any monetary boosts. All the money he would be making for himself goes straight the Florida University. So if all this money is going straight to the University, are the Universities “using” these college athletes? Of course the colleges give them substantial amounts of money for tuition and to receive a top-notch education but shouldn’t these players be rewarded for their hard work and accomplishments? Shouldn’t Tim Tebow, who is more famous than some of the professional athletes, be rewarded for being such an inspiring role model and one of the most amazing athletes to ever play the game of football?
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While I agree with the fact that college ballplayers should be in the same pay bracket as professionals (because their time commitment is extremely similar - or worse, because college players need to maintain a GPA!) I also don't think that any of the groups above deserve these huge amazing paychecks that they get.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, all they do is keep in physical shape and play a game. The fundamentals of their job really isn't any different than a supermodel. Show up, do your thing, get paid.
Should they get paid the same as pros? Definitely. But overall none of them should be making out like bandits for playing a damn game.
The answer to that question is no! It’s an emphatic no at that. We still have to remember that he is a college student. I think that is why they restrict student athletes from getting paid. But come on now; don’t be coy about the situation. Don’t act like the star college football athletes do not receive perks or special treatment for their accolades. It is not uncommon for star athletes to have nice things: cars, clothes, expensive whatever.
ReplyDeleteBut I see a double standard here because I happen to know for a fact that college chess players, if they’re really good, can receive a stipend of almost $40,000 to play for their school. I don’t know, but I think $40,000 sounds a little like PAID!!!! So my question is how come a chess player can receive 40 grand and Tebow can’t get paid. It’s ok because I am not duped that easily. No matter what the maneuverings are, I know that a school will take care of their student.