____ working 40 hours a week, but not getting paid! ____ Two articles I read recently address this topic. “The Myth of Amateur Athletics” argues that college athletes should get paid to play a sport, and “Why Student Athletes Should Not Get Paid” argues that they already get paid enough ____ free college education. Some people believe college athletes should get paid ____, but others believe they should not get paid because they are ____ ____, college athletes should get paid to play because they work hard, and colleges make a lot of money from their talent. ____ college athletes work extremely hard. ____ they have two-full time jobs: sports and school. For instance, they put in 40 hours a week on their sport, training, practicing and playing in games, and they have to choose classes that don’t interfere with practice. ____ they have to maintain a high level of performance. ____ their coach is ____, with the ability to cut them from the team if they are underperforming, which can affect their scholarship. ____ college athletes work hard and deserve compensation. ____ college sports programs are big business, and the schools make millions of dollars. ____ at many schools, coaches earn million-dollar salaries. ____ in some states, the coach at the state university is the highest paid government employee in the state, earning between $1 million and $5 million dollars a year. ____ schools make money from their sports programs. For example, on average sports bring in $31.9 million per school, per year and a large portion of that revenue comes from deals that schools make to televise the games. ____ colleges make money from their sports programs and players deserve to get paid. ____ because ____ and ____, college athletes ____ Both articles I read ____ college athletes work hard, but ____ whether or not they should get paid for their performance. ____ schools have money for fancy training facilities, charter jets to away games, and state-of-the-art arenas. ____, the players doing all of the work get nothing! If ____, then how can colleges get away with ____ in 2024?

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