Should College athletes be paid for playing?
Some people advocate that Student athletes should be paid for their efforts on the field, while others are of the opinion that it is an extra-curricular activity and students should not be encouraged to play for monetary benefits. We would discuss both the pros and cons of paying college athletes and conclude which opinion carries more weight.
People in favour of paying college athletes argue that athletes sacrifice their bodies and physical health to promote a game they love, and that they suffer from injuries, go through tough training sessions, weight loss programs and much more. All in all, it becomes a full-time job and athletes must be paid for their work. Secondly, Athletes become the source of advertisement for their schools. They bring good name to the school and school administration uses that with good effect. They use the name of the athletes to promote their school and entice potential candidates. So, a part of revenues generated by school must be devoted to students who actually get it done on the field.
People who oppose the idea of paying college athletes argue that these students are favoured over other students in many ways already. They are already given scholarships and books and other basic needs. This puts them above other students who don’t enjoy such benefits. Secondly, people watch these games because of the passion student athletes. By bringing money in sports at this level, we would lose the purity of the game and enthusiasm. Thirdly, this thing would become a business with better athletes going towards schools with better pays. This deviates them from their primary aim of attending school, which is education.
On the basis of these arguments, I would say that college athletes must not be paid. Sports is an extra-curricular activity and if students are paid at this level, it would change their motives as students. They are going school to learn and that too at a reduced cost in the form of scholarships, which is enough at this level.
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Should college athletes be paid for playing?
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should students have to wear uniforms?
According to my point of view, students in the schools and colleges must wear the uniform as it clearly reflects the discipline and decorum of the institute which must be followed at every cost. Moreover it must be strictly checked because it will also help the students to learn to follow the rules and regulations of institute as a student and laws of the country as a citizen in the future. Furthermore, wearing the same uniform make a good environment and also neglects the jealousy factor among the students that someone is wearing better clothes in comparison to the others. While in the universities, students should not be restricted to some specific uniform or the same clothes for all but they should be given a dress code to follow and must be free to wear any dress of their choice which fulfills the requirements of the allowed dress code. In this way, students must be examined what they have learnt up till now that how to dress up in the specific environment. So according to my opinion, school and college students should wear uniform while university students should be given some dress code to follow.