Summary: Student Athletes Should Be Paid

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Pay for play has been a controversial topic for a while now, when we think of college athletes whom do we think of? Cam Newton? Carmelo Anthony? The big names, right? Well, what people seem to forget is the NCAA is made up of a lot more than just Football and Basketball Athletes, and if you pay one athlete, you have to pay them all. The idea that student-athletes should receive money should be put to rest based on the severe problems that would arise, such as the NCAA already pays these athletes hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships, Title XI would not allow it and the smaller sports would be cut from Universities, lets not forget; student-athletes are students first, and athletes second.
The first argument why college athletes