College Athletes Making Money Like Pros?

I’m back this week but I’m straying away from health and fitness and focusing on one of my favorite things to write about- sports!

You may or may not know, this week the NCAA voted to start the process of modifying its rule to allow college athletes to profit from their names, images, etc. If you’re like me and didn’t exactly know what this meant, I’ll save you from having to ask someone. So basically, if someone buys a jersey with your name on the back or someone uses your name in a sports video game that athlete will get profit for it.

In one of my previous blogs, I expressed that I felt college athletes should not be paid. So, it should be no surprise that I do not support this either. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, If college athletes are dedicated enough to stick with their sport through college long enough to make it to the next level, then they should get rewarded.

One of the problems I see with this is lets say for football, there is only certain number jersey’s made and most of the time it is the quarterback or a star player. If the player is already this good, chances are the player is already on a scholarship and doesn’t have much to pay for. As for the walk-on players, they don’t get that luxury.

I also think this rule is unfair to women’s sports. It is no secret that in male college sports are more popular and generate more income than female sports. You never see a fan wearing a jersey with the pitchers name on it to a softball game, tennis game, etc. Most women sports are provided at the next level so after college there is no making their sports a career. The good male players will probably go pro and make money in their sport anyway and females cannot but still probably will have no benefit from this rule.

I think being a college athlete is a privilege in itself. One of the reasonings for implementing this rule is to make sure a college athlete has the same opportunity to make money as the regular college student. Most college students are working to pay for things such as tuition and rent that athletes already do not have to pay for.