Pros and Cons: The Debate About Paying College Athletes

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Each year college sports earn hundreds of millions of dollars for their schools Student athletes are the reason colleges take in all this money If athletes didn't play there would be no ticket sales TV stations would have no college games to broadcast Currently many college athletes receive free tuition But they do not share in the money that their colleges earn from the games This has led to a heated debate Should college athletes be paid for playing Some people believe it's only fair that student athletes receive a share of the money they helped generate Others think paying college athletes would interfere with the athletes schooling Many groups are involved in this debate including athletes coaches and colleges The owners of TV stations and sporting goods companies have opinions too Another group