Cedar City, Utah -- College athletes generate enormous amounts of revenue for colleges and universities and evidently never see a penny of that. Yes, they receive full ride scholarships but if an injury occurs majority of them lose their scholarships and as a result end up dropping down to community colleges. Some of these players don't pro so of course they have to look for a normal job after college which is difficult. Given they contributed to the revenue the school has gained over their span of their career they should be given a payout to them started after college
College Coaches are the highest paid employees in 39 states so its clear that the money is there. I'm not saying players should get a lucrative amount of money but they should receive some incentives for the amount of time and hard work they put in. Of course not every player play so only the players that get recognition and bring some exposure for the school.
It important to realize that the injured players should be allowed to finish their education therefore school should include insurance for the player when they first sign them. These athletes are committing 40 hours of practice every week which prevents them from fully committing fully to their outside jobs or school. Another issue that athletes face is not being allowed to use their own image to generate some sort of income while NCAA brings in $650,000 per athlete year round. Most of these athletes don't even graduate do to the pressure of maintaining a full time job to pay fro tuition and other cost of living needs.
You can say that a full ride scholarship is enough but how many of these athletes actually receive those. NCAA must factor in the student athletes that don't receive those and must actually work outside of practice just to remain on the team.
College Coaches are the highest paid employees in 39 states so its clear that the money is there. I'm not saying players should get a lucrative amount of money but they should receive some incentives for the amount of time and hard work they put in. Of course not every player play so only the players that get recognition and bring some exposure for the school.
It important to realize that the injured players should be allowed to finish their education therefore school should include insurance for the player when they first sign them. These athletes are committing 40 hours of practice every week which prevents them from fully committing fully to their outside jobs or school. Another issue that athletes face is not being allowed to use their own image to generate some sort of income while NCAA brings in $650,000 per athlete year round. Most of these athletes don't even graduate do to the pressure of maintaining a full time job to pay fro tuition and other cost of living needs.
You can say that a full ride scholarship is enough but how many of these athletes actually receive those. NCAA must factor in the student athletes that don't receive those and must actually work outside of practice just to remain on the team.
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