Should College Basketball Players be Paid?

The biggest question of the NCAA basketball season in 2017-2018 season is should college basketball players be paid? I mean most 5 star recruits are already being payed in by head coaches as a recruiting chip to come and get theme to play at whatever college. We should just get rid of the scandals that happen like at Arizona and Louisville and just pay the players already.

I don’t know why it is such a big deal to some fans most player are getting played anyways, but this way coaches don’t have to be fired and punished for when they get caught for doing something every other coach is doing. Paying the players is the only way for smaller colleges to have a shot at getting a recruit, since the big colleges are paying too. Almost all colleges are paying their players in some way and everyone knows about it so it should not be a problem to make it official.

It would also be beneficial to college basketball to pay players because it would give them a shot to keep their best players from going to the NBA draft. Most college basketball players fly to the NBA even if they have a small chance to get drafted because they want money and they want it now. If college starts paying their players they won’t lose as many players as they do every year to the NBA cause players will stay for their guaranteed money rather than take a chance with the NBA.

The only argument against paying basketball players is that it would be unfair to all the other college sports. Well all the other college sports have some kind of pay too. It wouldn’t take long for them to get official pay in college after basketball breaks the boundary all the other sport will shortly follow.

College players deserve to be payed because it is already going on and we mind as well acknowledge it and accept it. If we except it we can move forward and advance it in all sports this will lead to all schools having a chance at a big recruit and will end up balancing all of college sports.

https://www.si.com/nba/2018/02/27/carmelo-anthony-college-basketball-players-paid-ncaa-debate

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