Summary of Sources for Research Paper

My research paper will be about a controversial topic in the NCAA, should college athletes be paid? In the first nonacademic source I found, it stated that college athletes should receive some money for playing sports because of many reasons. One big reason is that the NCAA makes about $6 billion annually off athletes. Ads make money off of them because they pay to air their commercials on during a big game which then will reward them with millions of dollars. Athletic conferences make money if the team makes it far into the tournament. They should also be paid because the NCAA and other big businesses make money off athletes by using their “names and likenesses on merchandise such as jerseys and video games”.

The second nonacademic source also provides many reasons on why college athletes should be paid. Many argue they already get paid by receiving a free education, but this only covers their schooling, they don’t receive extra money to spend on other things. The top executives at the NCAA make $1 million a year, while athletes make nothing. Athletes bring in millions of dollars each year from ticket sales and media, but do not receive any of it. The article ends by saying the NCAA needs to make changes to its rules and should consider paying athletes.

The third nonacademic source gives twenty one reasons why college athletes should be paid. This article is opinionated, but it does provide a few good points and could influence the reader on why they should be paid. One reason the author gave was “The typical Division I college football player devotes 43.3 hours per week to his sport — 3.3 more hours than the typical American work week”. This is an alarming statistic and could change a person’s perspective on this debated topic.