College Athletes Should Remain Student-Athletes If someone plays a college sport, he or she is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. This means that this athlete is a student-athlete and amateur competitor. To remain eligible to compete, not all NCAA athletes are permitted to try out for, practice with, or compete with a professional team or professional players. He also cannot have a contract with a professional team. Additionally, you may not receive any benefits from an agent or potential agent. This means no contact with a sports agent. The most important rule that must be followed and the one that receives the most scrutiny is that a student-athlete cannot receive salary for participating in athletic activities. (“Amateurism,” 2013) Today, more and more people agree that college athletes should be paid for their work. In reality, it is in everyone's best interest not to be directly paid to play. If they were to be paid, where would you draw the line? If you're paying a specific group of athletes, all sports and all different divisions of college athletics would want to be paid. This is simply not financially possible. People think that only the lower divisions wouldn't be able to pay because of the amount of revenue the larger schools generate. Texas, in 2012, had revenues of $163,295,115 and expenditures of $138,269,710. (Berkowitz et al. 2012) Texas has a significant net income that would allow it to pay its athletes. Many schools have negative income. These schools include Iowa, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, Kansas, Arizona State and Missouri. (Berkowitz et al. 2012) There are many other schools that are barley positive, if at all. Also the majority...... middle of paper ......ng-ncaa-athletes-washington-post-abc-news-poll-finds/2014/03/22/c411a32e-b130-11e3-95e8- 39bef8e9a48b_story.htmlO'Connor, J. (February 2, 2013). Top 10 winningest men's college basketball coaches. Retrieved from http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/lists/All-time-top-10-winnerest-DI-college-basketball-coaches-111511Remaining eligible: Amateurism. (2013, 12-26). Retrieved from http://www.ncaa.org/remaining-eligible-amateurismTrahan, K. (April 15, 2014). The NCAA allows “all you can eat” meals. SB Nation. Retrieved from http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/4/15/5618236/new-ncaa-rules-meals-snacks-SNACKSWatson, G. (February 4, 2013). Alabama's new weight room becomes another recruiting tool. Retrieved from http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/alabama-weight-room-becomes-yet-another-recruiting-tool-213442483--ncaaf.html