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Paying Athletes for Play

Chad White
May 8, 2003
Dr. Mancini
Philosophy and Principles of Coaching
Critical Issue Paper

Paying Athletes for Play

The big payoffs for the NCAA basketball championships and the football bowl games sometimes lead observers to conclude that collegiate athletes should be paid. This critical issue has rekindled the emotional debate over whether college athletes should be paid and whether the NCAA is providing fair compensation for the performers in its grandest athletic spectacle. There has been legislation brought before the Governor of Nebraska, Mike Johanns, which would allow the University of Nebraska to pay football players for their efforts. There are two sides to this elusive argument, one side argues that being a student athlete is a full time job so they should see some on the profits from the big commercialized events and the other side believes strongly that the student athletes are given a quality education that is important and valuable i...

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