Paying the PlayersCollege athletics is a source of entertainment for sports fans across America, especially during football and basketball seasons. Watching college football on Saturdays during football season is a tradition every weekend in many families across the United States. Every February, college basketball fans fill out March Madness brackets and try to pick the winner of each game in the sixty-eight team tournament. However, college sports weren't always as polarizing as they are today. When collegiate sports began, students were the coaches and managers of the teams. As sporting events began to make more money, teams began to feel more pressure to win, and with that came the need for a more experienced person to coach and manage the teams. This eventually evolved into universities hiring coaches as school employees to train and coach the school's team. As college sports began to earn more money and become more popular, the National College Athletic Association, NCAA, was formed to establish rules and regulate college sporting events. Schools also began offering athletes athletic scholarships, players would come to play a sport for a college and in exchange their college would be paid for. It's not that simple anymore though. The NCAA and universities benefit greatly from the sporting events that student-athletes participate in today. Many people don't think college athletes should be compensated because their college pays; However, universities exploit athletes for their talent and use them to make millions for the school and everyone involved in the athletics program, while athletes struggle to get ahead because they can't work, can't get help, and have to work. try to keep...... in the center of the paper......nt. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1994. Print.Berkowitz, Steve. “The contract represents a big advantage for some football coaches.” USA Today nd: newspaper source. Network. April 21, 2014.Edelman, Marc and Mitchell, Orazio. “Should college student-athletes get paid?” US News Digital Weekly, 2013. Middle Search Plus. Network. April 16, 2014. Higgins, Ron. “The SEC Network will launch in August 2014 bringing more money and exposure to the league's teams.” Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) May 2, 2013: Newspaper source. Network. 21 April 2014. Kiplinger, Cavaliere. “Should Athletes Share Their School’s Profits?” Kiplinger's Personal Finance 66.3 (2012): 11. Mas Ultra-School Edition. Network. April 16, 2014. “Extra Benefits of NCAA Rules” niagra.edu. Niagara University, 2014. Web. April 17, 2014. Rosenberg, Michael. “Workers Comp.” Sports Illustrated 120.14 (2014):64. Central Research Plus. Network. 21 April. 2014.