why college athletes should be paid
In the 2015 fiscal period the 231 total division one schools generated 9.15 billion dollars. Not a single dime goes to any of the players. These athletes put their bodys on the line day in and day out and the schools and NCAA are profiting off of it. Many of the players have a possibility of making it to professional sports and with the 3 year minimum participation in football, many players are losing their career opportunitys with injury.
A better product
In the 2016-2017 bowl season many players decided to sit out to get ready for the draft. Big named players such as LSU running back Leonard Fournette and Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey, did not participate in their bowl games. This bought an inferior product of college football to an already exhaustion amount of worthless bowl games that act like constellation games due to the addition of the college football playoffs. These big named players have good reason to sit out these constellation bowl games. Just the year before top Notre Dame defensive prospect Jaylon Smith, tore his ACL on a non contact play in the Fiesta Bowl.
How it could be done
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Every school should be put in classes. Schools like Texas A&M and Ohio St. would be top class and schools like Alabama A&M would be in the lower class. Each class would have A set amount they have to pay their players. Every starter would make a set amount, this amount would be based on what classes their school would fall under. Each player would have potential to make more based off on field performance and profitability. Things such as awards and overall production will result in a higher pay. At the end of each season players will have the chance to make a bowl game bonus.
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