Marty Brown 

Counter Argument

The argument that I am presenting has one main counter argument and one argument that would differ from me on the amount of money issue.  

The main counter argument is obvious; do not pay the players at all and keep the rules how it is now.  Those who still agree that the players should not get paid have a reasonable point with a lot of good points.  A couple of points that was written in an article arguing against paying athletes cites a couple of points centering around athletes get treated above the normal college experience, as well as the scholarship covers everything the athlete needs.  Her big argument is comparing the athlete to the stereotypical college kid.  She starts by saying they receive above average aid then the average student.  She states that everything is provided for athletes giving them an advantage over normal kids.  Also she talks about the value of the experience of playing college athletics comparing them to unpaid interns (Block).  

Another argument against paying them is that if we were to pay them because they do not have a chance to work a part time job, is that a normal college kid not playing college athletics would be working that job to pay for the tuition, room and boards and books covered by that athletic scholarship.  The normal college kid isn't going out and having a nice dinners and buying new cloths all the time either which is what the "part time job" money would go too (Block).  

Another argument against paying athletes is the fact that the disparity between big revenue schools like Texas and small school would increase from the fact that big schools could just buy all the good players (Block).

Although these arguments make very good points I still feel like my argument is still superior.  While no one can dispute the "value" of playing college athletics, the overall experience of playing I can argue that none of these arguments bring up the issue of the millions of dollars being made off the players and sports teams.  My argument takes care of all the points she brings up.  The issue of schools buying players, there is no salary being paid to players.  The other arguments that are made are being compared to the average college student. They are not regular college students, they bring in millions of dollars.  While i agree that they are not professionals yet, they are however should be compensated some for their time and effort.  Through paid hour vs the scholarship hours.  I like that the argument brought up the point that many of these kids could not go to college if it wasn't for the scholarship they receive from the university, that has to be taken more seriously and looked at highly.  

Block, Molly. College Athletes Should not Receive Payment for Playing. University Star, n.d. Web. 21 November 2014.