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Should they be paid? Zach Siedlecki.  At the moment college athletes don’t get paid in proportion to their worth  The NCAA president Mark Emmett backed.

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1 Should they be paid? Zach Siedlecki

2  At the moment college athletes don’t get paid in proportion to their worth  The NCAA president Mark Emmett backed a proposal to increase the scholarships athletes get by 2,000 $

3  NCAA made 11.3 billion dollars of TV deals for March Madness and BCS (wilbon)  Students are essentially employees  Players that get their likeness used in video games, and their jersey sold by schools should get some form of compensation

4  Georgia wide receiver A.J. Green was suspended 4 games for selling his jersey to an agent for a reported 1000-750 dollars

5  If you were to pay players the amateurism of the college game would cease to exist.  There are not enough funds in college sports to fund all college athletes salary.  Title IX

6  Athletes getting a stipend based off a percentage of the scholarship the school is giving them.  Allow Players to sell their jerseys  Teams participating in the major tournaments get bonuses from NCAA so they can give their players slight bonuses

7  It is very hard to keep amateurism in the game while still giving them and form of money beyond scholarships.

8  Staples, Andy. "Double Standard Doubly Frusterating." Web log post. Fitness Information Technology. International Center for Performance Excellence, 9 Sept. 2010. Web. 29 Mar. 2012..  Wilbon, Michael. "College Athletes Deserve to Be Paid." ESPN College Sports. ESPN, 18 July 2011. Web. 30 Mar. 2012..  Grier, Alvin. "Should College Athletes Be Paid? Pros and Cons of Each Perspective." Get 2 the League. 27 May 2011. Web. 30 Mar. 2012..  Sander, Libby. "NCAA Takes Heat over Commercialization of Athletes." Onnidan Online. 28 Oct. 2008. Web. 29 Mar. 2012..


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