One of the biggest topics around College sports is paying division 1 college athletes, and if the college they go to should pay them or not. The decision is pretty split if you look at different articles from certain journalist.
For example March Madness is one of the most watched and televised things during the period of time from the middle of March to the beginning of April. During this time period there 64 teams that participate in a series of rounds that are watched all over the United States. But the player participating in this event see no money. Same with the Frozen Four a tournament in Hockey to determine a champion and the National Playoffs in College Football also to determine a champion. 
Where does the money go? And why don’t the athletes see any of it?
Arguments come from different point of views about paying athletes such as they already get scholarships for being student-athletes they don’t need to be paid as well, or such arguments that players leave college so fast because the need to support their families so they go for the money. Instead of finishing there degree. Which in the long run can hurt them if there career isn’t successful.
There are many Pros to paying such athletes such as it’s a stable income for them which keeps them having to get jobs. A college football athlete spends forty hours a week on a football field this is the same amount of time spent with a full time job. With all the money that gets brought in from the games, as well as merchandise, and overall fan support. A little chunk can go to players to make everything a lot easier for them.
Another reason paying college athletes is a good idea is to stop them from getting into trouble from other people. College athletes with big names usually gain a lot of attention from agents and other merchandise selling people. Athletes see it as getting a quick buck but it can get them into a lot of trouble and can ultimately get the scholarships revoked. But all this could be avoided if they were paid in the first place.
Lastly a good reason to pay college athletes is to teach them to be responsible with the money. For example Johnny Manziel an NFL athlete, left college after his sophomore year in college still very young and went to the NFL. Manziel made many mistakes in his first couple’s years in the NFL as far as decisions in public places and spending money in ridiculous amounts. But that could have been prevented if he were paid in College.
But there are also a lot of cons to paying athletes in college, such as causing them to end up focusing on the money and which could cause there sport to become more important than there studies. Which goes against the fact that they are Student-athletes and the student always comes first.
Paying college athletes can take away from the game itself. For example the game of college football as at its purest without paying the athletes. Starting to pay them makes college football more like the NFL. Which isn’t one
College athletes regarding paying them can be flipped numerous times. Good thing were not the one who had to make the decision.
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