Pay for student athletes

Pay for Student Athletes The NCAA for years now has had many strict rules and regulations on student athletes. One of the most controversial of these rules is the issue of whether student athletes should be paid or receive any form of monetary compensation. The NCAA rules committee has stood strong on its stand that athletes who receive scholarships should go to school and should not need any more money to support themselves. But students …

…by the reasons above, the pros outweigh the cons in favor of paying its athletes. The NCAA has been in status quo for too long and its time for a change. Many students now are forgetting about their education and instead only worrying about their how much money they could make if they left college early and went pro. The NCAA should fix this problem by paying its student athletes to play for its program.