2) What are these college athletes saying about the idea of being paid? What is their opinion on the subject?
3) What is the head of NCAA 's opinion ? Do they think that these athletes should be paid ? Or do they think that students athletes are students first?
This topic was very interesting and raised a lot of questions and discussion. I didn't know very much about college athletics so to see how much of an industry it has become was interesting. I found it very disturbing the inequality between men's and women's sports teams throughout the nation. Not just in the revenue they bring in but how much their coaching staff is paid. That could definitely be a topic of discussion not just in our classroom but nation wide. College sports are just another outlet of gender inequality. The other idea that really struck me was that we are debating whether or not to pay college athletes. Yes sports bring many things to a university. They bring communities together and put the school on the map. Not to mention the enormous amount of money they bring into the schools. However if you paid college athletes that would set a precedent that would be hard to break away from. Where does it end? If you pay college athletes then should musicians be paid too ? And would all athletes be paid or just the major sports athletes? It just complicates the system and takes away from what going to college is all about; receiving an education.