On the heels of the Cam Newton scandal at Auburn, the topic of paying college athletes gets raised. In my opinion they should be paid in accordance with whatever their individual sport is able to bring in financially to the school. In a day where everyone is vying to be the next "big thing" and the opportunities of cashing in are everyhwhere, its getting harder and harder for these student athletes to say no to sports agents.
I'm not saying they should be makikng an absorbant amount of money, but an incentive of pay would go a long way in cleaning up the negative aspect that money can play in college sports. I don't give a damn about the argument that they are paid through scholarships and that is sufficient enough. It is not enough in todays world and won't be 20 years from now either. When was the last time you saw a tuition decrease or ticket prices lowered? It never happens, and I would rather pay a couple extra bucks for a football ticket if I knew that it was going to the players I have paid to see play. If they don't want to pay them, then there shouldn't be subject to NCAA rules barring them from using their celebrity to make an income outside of class and practice.
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