It's All About the Money

Recently, there has been a lot of speculation on whether or not college athletes should get paid for playing.  While researching about this I came across this article which states that the players do indeed deserve to be paid.  I, for one, extremely disagree with this notion.  I understand that its part of the entertainment business, and therefore colleges make millions of dollars off of these players, but I think paying players would create controversy.  Do all players get paid the same?  Do athletes of every sport get paid?  Obviously, there have been a lot of NCAA violations recently (for example Miami and Ohio State), and paying the players would only add to this unneeded controversy as it is a slippery slope.  What I mean by that is if college athletes start getting paid, they will become greedy and want much more, and obviously, based on recent events in professional sports, that can only lead to bad things such as shutting down the league.

In my opinion, college athletes are rewarded enough with a free college education, which is a traditional American value.  Now, however, the country is becoming more and more about money.  No longer can people be satisfied with anything else.  College football is supposed to be about playing for the love of the game, but now, like everything else, people are trying to make it about money, as if a free ride through college isn't enough to reward these athletes.