Outline for Research Paper

Should College Athletes be Paid?

Thesis

• There are many reasons to believe college athletes should be paid such as the NCAA making money off them and businesses selling merchandise with their names on it, but there are also opposing views that explain why they should not be paid, like receiving full scholarships.

College athletes should be paid because...

• The NCAA makes billions of dollars off them every year.
• Coaches and athletic directors get paid.
• It's basically a job because they devote countless hours to their sport. 
• They are a market for the university.
• Businesses make money off them.

College athletes should not be paid because...

• They receive scholarships.
• They are student-athletes not professional athletes.
• Antitrust laws do not allow them to be paid.

Conclusion

• I am in between on the decision to pay college athletes. Although there are pros and cons to both sides, it would be difficult to change the NCAA policy to pay them.