Should college athletes get paid just because people make money from them? The answer is yes, the amount of work college athletes put into their sport when their sport is in season is more than the average worker in the United States. The NCAA makes more money from its college athletes than the NBA and NHL combined. Athletes do not receive any of the benefits they so richly deserve. At least professional athletes make money from their weekly and sometimes daily appearances on national television. College athletes make a lot of money from them. $11 billion a year to be exact. The money earned could be found in their jerseys that anyone can buy, or through the constant video and radio broadcasts broadcast daily. College athletes have absolutely no say in this matter. The NCAA just makes money off of them, depending on if they're really that good. For example Johnny Manziel, this man was born into football, and the NCAA knows it. Anyone with money could buy a Johnny Manziel jersey and guess who benefits, not Manziel. These are the athletes who make the number what it is when people buy specific player jerseys. This is thanks to the hard work and dedication of these athletes. This only takes away from the athletes what they worked so hard to ultimately accomplish. To be able to be such a big name and not make any money from your performances is just absurd. Some people think college athletes already get paid. They believe that college athletes are paid by the scholarships they have earned and worked hard for. Contrary to popular belief, not all college athletes graduate debt-free. The av...... middle of paper... is more money put back into the economy because they wouldn't be used to having that money to spend now. They would actually have money to buy their own things instead of their parents constantly buying them things. The money that would be put back into our economy would have a big effect, unlike the $11 billion in revenue the NCAA takes in each year. » Forbes Magazine (2014) Hartnett, Tyson “College athletes should be paid” Huffington Post (2013) No Author “Pro athletes are overpaid” Daily Herald (2013) Rovell, Darren “NCAA President Won't Pay Players for jersey sales » CNBC (2011) No Author “The Value of College Sports” NCAA (2014) Daugherty, Paul “No Pay for College Athletes” Sports Illustrated(2012)