Are College Athletes Already Being Paid?

Pay College Athletes? They're Already Paid Up To $125,000 Per Year

In an article I read from Forbes Magazine, they talk about how much each athletes receives from the university and really what it is worth. The athletes receive “free professional coaching, strength and fitness training, and support from athletic trainers and physical therapists”. Also beyond that the author says that the average athlete receives a package of education, room, board, and coaching/training worth between $50,000 and $125,000 per year depending on their sport and whether they attend a public or private university. The author also makes the argument that the top two or three sports that even make money are: football, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball. The other remaining sports are just not as big money generating sports. He also says that only 23 of the 228 Division I Athletics made surplus amount of money.

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In my opinion I think that the author does make a very strong point that now a days college athletes are receiving free things as in an education, housing, clothes/gear, food, etc…  He also points out the most colleges can't’ even afford to pay other sports let alone even one sport. I think that the only way (just opinion) that you could be able to pay athletes you would have to only pay players for the sports that really bring in a great revenue like football and both men’s and women’s basketball. I also think that athletes don’t need to make an absurd amount of money like a million dollars but instead like a minimum wage salary. I think by giving athletes something like this it can help with problem outside of basketball. Most athletes don’t even go pro so by doing this it can help them save money and can fill in that job that they might have had if they didn’t play Division I Sports.

FUTURE RESEARCH: Injuries? Professional athletes?