Surveys/Polls/Quizzes - Unit 1

Should College Athletes Be Paid?

After looking through a few polls on the internet about whether or not student athletes should be compensated, I found this one from the Washington Post to be the most interesting. THe reason I found it to be more interesting than the others was because it composed two questions. The first asking if basketball and football should receive more revenue than other sports teams because of how much they make for their university, while the second one asked if college athletes should be paid for their names in video games, their own merchandise, and social media. The general population thought that scholarships are adequate compensation for student athletes, but 66% of people said that they should be paid for their name or image in media. I find it relatively interesting that this is what people who are not athletes are thinking, generally because they are the ones supporting these athletes. Since I myself happen to be a student athlete, I can agree that each players should be paid for their image/media, but I also think that players should receive more compensation than just a scholarship. I have teammates who struggle financially and have to find ways to make ends meet for their families, as well as themselves, whether that is having a job on top of sports and school or learning how to handle the money they do receive even better than they did before they got to college.