Basketball

Should We Pay College Players??

Would some method of payment for NCAA mens basketball make the first year to professional league jump less enticing? Especially when the NCAA strictly prohibits players from receiving money from boosters and agents? Surely the NCAA can afford some method of reimbursement as their TV revenues soar; advertising is pumping millions of dollars into the NCAA, not to mention jersey sales and other profits. Six billion dollars is a lot of money. Realizing all of this, if they decide to pay the NCAA men’s basketball players, the tuition also goes up for the rest of the student population. Who gets paid what and who gets paid more? What about the women’s NCAA basketball players and the football players? What about the water boy, and the cheerleaders? Do they all get paid too? Paying the colligate players would also would provide the schools in the major conferences a major advantage over the smaller schools. Over time they would be unable to afford many athletic programs. Your thoughts??

Public Comments

1. I think a free college education is payment enough.
2. No. Do we pay students for studying and doing well in academics? If we paid students, the schools with the most money can buy the best team, they will make more money and so on...
3. No. A free education, meals, lodging and laundry is plenty.
4. Not a chance. School is school and education is the first priority at a college. I see nothing more simple than that.
5. Would that not change their status from amateur to professional?
6. some of these players are already paid...it's called "scholarships". To jump to the NBA (before earning a degree) and be successful long term is not an easy thing and as far as percentages go it's low, so this is really a moot point.
7. Yes college football is more populer then the NFL.
8. No we already do with scholarships and crap like that.