1.2% OF MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYERS GO PRO

http://www.icemansports.com/high-school-athlete-college-athlete/

A RECORD 98 UNDERCLASSMEN ELIGIBLE FOR NFL DRAFT

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/nfl-draft-scout/24414160/nfl-draft-a-record-98-underclassmen-eligible-for-draft

WHY PAY COLLEGE ATHLETES?

1. Create competition2. More completed degrees

WHO SHOULD BE CONCEREND WITH THIS TOPIC?

1.Schools2.Student Athletes

3.Consumer of college athletics

WHY DO I CARE?1.I have family who have been college

athletes.2.I currently have friends who are

college athletes.3.I am an avid college basketball and

football viewer.

PAY STUDENT ATHLETES

To keep them in school longer and create built teams.

3 MAIN POINTS1.ATHLETES WILL STAY LONGER2.MORE COMPLETED DEGREES

3.LEAUGES WILL NOT BE WATERED DOWN

ATHLETES WILL BE ON A TEAM LONGER

Uconn the men’s basketball national champions had 4 seniors this season. One

being the star player.

You build a chemistry with teammates the longer you have been with them.

They will be compensated for there play.

The price of college is increasing.

Only 2 percent of high school athletes receive college scholarship and they

average less than 11%

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/8-things-you-should-know-about-sports-scholarships/

Competition will increase and not be watered down.

The more people competition for spots the better the people in the spots will be.

Players will be more develop for when if and when they do enter the professional level.

Help student athletes get paid.http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/pay-college-athletes/http://www.change.org/petitions/athletic-programs-pay-student-athletes

Better teams more completed degrees and stronger competition will come from student

athletes getting paid.

If we continue to not pay student athletes we will keep seeing watered

down competition.

Show your support that the NCAA a billion dollar industry should have to pay the

people fueling the industry.