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.