Student-Athlete
Compensation

I think that college athletes should be paid for playing their sport and representing their school, because they don't play because they have to, they lay because they want to.

Main Claim

• Sport programs make a lot of money.
• They take away from athletes education.
• They represent the school.
• Schools don't have money to pay the athletes
• The athletes feel like they matter.

with being paid

• Sports are a big businesses that make lots of money.
• Athletes bring in most of the schools money
• If there were no athletes there would be less funds.
• Keeps playing in college league longer.
• So they don't want to go to the NFL to get paid.

against being paid

• Sports take away from their education.
• There's not enough money
• Some already have a free education
• They don't need to be paid a lot of money
• Some school don't profit on sports

Rebuttal
Most colleges have great sports programs that continue to grow each year, and college sports are becoming a growing industry that will continue to grow for many years. Sports help represent the school and make it fun so that they other students in the school have something close to enjoy with all their friends and not have to spend a lot of money.

WOKS CITED
1. Mendelson, Joel. "College Athletes Shouldn't Get Paid." University Wire. 30 Mar. 2014: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 02 Jun. 2014.
2. ProQuest Staff. "At Issue: Student-Athlete Compensation." ProQuest LLC. 2014: n.pag. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 29 May. 2014.

3. Borden, Karl. "College Football Players Deserve a Share of the Spoils." Wall Street Journal. 24 Jan. 2014: A.17. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 29 May. 2014

4. Sherman, Ed. "Bilas: Athletes Should Get Piece of Pie." Chicago Tribune. 12 Feb. 2014: 2. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 29 May. 2014.