david45 wrote:
The idea that college athletes should be paid is ridiculous. How the hell do people who get to go to college for free, have priority in picking classes, gets a ton of extra tutoring, have easier admissions, get better dorms, and be granted all sorts of additional privilege and leeway deserve to get paid? College athletes are already treated like king. It is unfair that people who aren't doing something academic get scholarships in an academic institution in the first place. Most college athletes are studying in useless majors like communications or political science that don't contribute to society.
I don't get how college athletes are treated like trash. If someone hates being a college athlete, then quit. It is that simple.
Go to college for free? Guess what buddy, not all scholarships are full ride, so it's hardly "free"
Priority in picking classes? You're GD right we did as we had to fit our whole schedule between 8:00 AM and 1:30 PM. NARPS have every class as a legit option.
Extra tutoring? So do NARPS, it's called office hours. Often times, we couldn't attend office hours as these are commonly in the afternoon during practice. And yes, office hours are free.
Better dorms? NCAA bylaw states athletic dorms have to be the same as regular dorms.
Useless to society? One of my teammates is a nuclear engineer, another is a surgeon, a few are in the mechanical engineering field. I run my own business.
My teammates and I were not allowed to coach for high school athletes because we played X sport for Y school as the school and NCAA owned us.
Seriously, you're not even in college yet. You just repeat hearsay.