'Value of Learning and the Number of Bucks\r'

'College is a time to broaden your education and develop your skills. varied people go to college for different reason outs but generally for an education. The National Athletic Association is meeting future(a) year and bequeath decide if it needs to pitch its policy of not paying college athletes. I do not understand why this should be an issue. The briny reason people go to college is to learn. So the NCAA will be deciding whether the athletes should be give for contend their sport of choice thus de besotteding the reason they are at college in the first place.\r\n there are millions of school-age childs who go to college each year; virtually play sports, otherwises are in student government, and somewhat are in theater. Each group is equally important to the college and in some cases are handle the same. If the athletes start being paid for playing sports thusly what”s going to stop the other students from decision a way to be paid for what they do. Does this mean then that students in student government should be paid for what they do or that the theater students should be allowed to join an equity theater union and be paid for doing shows? Paying athletes will create a rivalry among the students, for why should one group be paid for going to college while the others are not.\r\nThe other affair to look at is that close student athletes are receiving scholarship and grant support from their college. majority of the money that athletics being in is devoted back to the students through grants and scholarships. At Notre Dame, for example, grants-in-aid to student-athletes are deserving slightly $5 million annually. Add to that the millions washed-out on travel, housing, equipment, health care and other be and pretty soon youre talking true(a) money. So yes, while athletics does generate millions of dollars in tax income for universities, there also are millions of dollars in expenses, most of which directly or indirectly assist th e student-athletes. erstwhile(prenominal) scholarships and grants are not enough which is why the NCAA recently passed legislation allowing student-athletes to work year-round. In addition, Pell Grants are accessible to the truly needy, and general student loans are another(prenominal) alternative. With all these options available, there shouldn”t be a need to pay student athletes.\r\nWhats awful about the persistent whine for money is, its saying a college education is worthless. People are suggesting that the value of accomplishment can only be measured by the almighty buck. Paying students will put; excessively much emphasizes on sports and not enough on education. An education is priceless, and student-athletes at American colleges and universities reap the benefits of the finest high education system in the world. From their education, students can go on in life and do what they wishing because they have the drive and education to.\r\nStudent-athletes entertain us w ith their special skills and, in compensation, receive: all expenses paid competition in the sports they love, education that is worth thousands of real dollars with the promise of thousands more in future earnings, and the lifespan benefits of wisdom and character that come with being better men and women. If we decide to pay college athletes, the only thing we accomplish is to move the universities further away from their utter ideals by making them more businesslike and disrupting the main(prenominal) point of college — to learn.\r\n'