Football is considered as one of the rough sports and most of the players involved in this game have a short career. Many successful football players have struggled a lot from their college level to stabilize their career in the football. Because of the popularity of this game, college football becomes the source of generating income for most of the college in U.S. But since 1900’s it has arisen a debatable issue whether college football players should be paid or not? Since the NCCA, coaches, athletic director, and colleges are earning a huge sum of money from the game of college football, college footballers have also right to get the money for their efforts.
Firstly, the college football players should be paid for the risk they take and the value they create. Injuries are usually common in American football game, due to its nature as a full contact game. Players can face a different level of injuries during both practice and games. Sometimes the players can face a serious catastrophic injury to the spine, spinal cord, and the brain. Recently, a study completed by researchers at the
Cleveland clinic shows that college football players may …show more content…
They should be paid because of the effort they have done to reach that level. In the meantime, they have also help to generate some revenue to the college and NCCA. Also, paying to the college players helps them to save the good players in their own college and may encourage the newcomers to join their college who have a specific interest in football. At last, paying to the college players helps the players to be in discipline as the players think they will lose the money if they get suspended from the team. Therefore, college football players should be paid under the contract, just as do professional