Student athletes entertain fans at their local arena, which generated five million six hundred thousand dollars in ticket sales in 2012 (National College Athletic Association). This is unfair to the student-athletes who have the sole responsibility of contributing to these financial statistics. Student athletes are leaders in the classroom and on the field. Student athletes meet standard NCAA requirements to maintain their eligibility to play sports. As leaders on the field and in the classroom, they possess a high standard of morality and behavior by not cheating and obeying the rules and regulations of their college and university. Student athletes are held to higher standards than regular students. A regular student may have a job or participate in activities that could potentially cause them to lose eligibility to play. Student athletes should be compensated as a result of profits earned by the NCAA and athletic programs. One reason student athletes should receive compensation is the financial benefit the NCAA and athletic programs gain. The NCAA owns the rights to all affiliated divisions one through three and conference network channels, merchandise or anything else related to their participants. In the most recent Bowl Championship Series, the national championship game, where Florida State University and Auburn University played. The NCAA received five hundred million dollars from ESPN for airing the game on their network channels, and both universities received twenty-six million dollars for making it to the national championship game. Athletes should receive a share of the profits earned by the NCAA or universities. Athletes represented their school and NC...middle of paper...students can have regular jobs and participate in whatever they want. Student athletes must sacrifice extra body and time while still having to maintain a certain grade point average to remain eligible to participate in sports. The NCAA and athletic programs have received millions of dollars and should be paid to student athletes. Athletes are held to a higher standard by establishing themselves as leaders in the classroom and on the field. You assume all risks while the school can determine your student athlete status. The NCAA and schools are making millions of dollars from the sale of the athlete's jersey, but the athlete cannot profit from those proceeds. Athletes are advertised by the NCAA and schools to produce revenue. Compensation should be distributed to student athletes because without them the NCAA and athletic programs would be able to survive.