Should college athletes be paid?

After reading the article “Should NCAA Athletes be paid?” I would agree with the argument that athletes should be paid. I do not believe that athletes should be paid like actual employees but have a trust fund where the athletes can later access the money once they graduate. Athletes are still students and need to focus more on their education then their sport as a job. For some athletes, their sport was the ticket to get into college and without their scholarship school would not be an option. Athletes should treat their sport not as a job but as a commitment. Playing in college is a privilege and can further opportunities for a professional career in that sport, but is not an actual job. College is first about earning an education; add money into the situation and education drops down to the bottom of priority.

Like Zola Warren stated in his argument, enabling student athletes to a “Student-Athlete Trust Fund” will guarantee them money once they graduate—from the percentage of generated revenue from the television and licensed contracts. Having the money be unreachable during college, the student athletes can focus solely on playing their sport and maintaining their education to stay in school.