Should our college football superstars get paid? That's a question that many people ask.

I believe that those talented athletes should get paid because year round, these young men practice and play in games that put their lives on the line to entertain an audience and they never get an cut of the profits earned from the concessions or the tickets sales. If they pay these young men, I believe that we will have a lot more professional athletes who know how to manage their money. It will also give them an incentive to get good grades and work hard at practice. If we continue to not pay these guys, college football will be non-existent.

College football players should get paid because it's not a question of if they get hurt but when they get hurt and how severely. When they have that severe injury, their scholarships get cut off and they are stuck with no way to play for school or have no way to purchase the necessities of living. Also, these young men are not allowed to have jobs because their time is consumed with football.

Football is not just a sport but it teaches the player how to go through life so if they start to pay them they are just adding another branch to their curriculum. Plus with the athletes who always get suspended for their off the field activities they will think twice about their foolish ways. It is also unfair that athletes play for an organization that makes billions of dollars and they are the main attraction. So isn’t it right that the star of the show get paid?

So before you get upset with an athlete for not making that tackle or not catching that ball, take the time and think these kids are basically volunteers.

John Sinegal

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