Summaries of articles for contra side, Athletes Economic Life

Athletes shouldn't be paid

There are two points of view about athletes being paid. For example if they are young studying they shouldn’t really be paid because they are still maintained by their parents. But instead the ones who have put their life into that, left college, leave other opportunities, etc. Should deserve a salary. Other types of athletes that should really be payed are the ones who need to sustain a family and their sport is the only thing that they have for survival. Also the other that should be paid should be the "PROS" because they have worked so hard to get to that point that they should be recompensed with a payment. but like this new law of” amateurs also can go to the Olympics” has a big issue in this theme. And also by leaving their work life and moving unto the sport one, leaves tons of good college opportunities behind. But like most of the athlehtes have chosen their way to have the easy life, they really shouldn’t be payed. And besides it’s a sport and its enjoy full for them.


http://www.siue.edu/ALESTLE/library/SPRING2001/mar20/paidtoplay.html

By:Salome Coronel


Athletes Salary

Athletes should be paid because training soccer, football, tennis, hockey, etc is his career. A person who studies in college wishes to have a job that can support them giving them an appropiate salary, why is this not the same case for athletes. “An injury can easily ends an athletes careers and without an education they would be left without nothing” is a point that many people raise but this can also happen in college.
For many people an athlete who plays soccer can only be a player but this idea is wrong there are more jobs related to this sport like head coach, assistant coach, scout and officials (these examples are available in all types of sports). “Students athletes deserve to be recognized as pursuing and legitimate career”.

http://www.siue.edu/ALESTLE/library/SPRING2001/mar20/paidtoplay.html

By: Arianna Moeller

Should olympic athletes receive a payment?




Some Olympic athletes give their life to sports. They leave a work, study or family life behind to become what they are. But on the other side, many of them are amateur, and these athletes do go to college, have a work or a family, and they practice sports just as a hobby. By this, they have a security income of money, and it is not fare that they receive an additional payment. Professionals in the other hand, they don’t have a secure income. They live for sports and they don’t work, but they are the ones that choose the path of their life. They should now what they are loosing and winning by becoming proffesional athletes. That is why, they shouldn’t receive a payment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_sports