“Football Coach Salaries”

  It is an absolutely terrible idea to give student athletes salaries. In the article, the author compares the players to the coach, but there are no similarities between the two. The athletes are playing for free for multiple reasons. The student may have already gotten an athletic scholarship worth thousands of dollars to come and play for the school, the player is given the opportunity to play for the team, which allows him to be scouted by the NFL, where he would potentially make millions a year, or/and he has a love for the game and is playing, because it is what he enjoys more than anything. There is no reason to compensate an athlete, because that student has already gotten an incredible amount from the program. The coach however, does deserve fair compensation. The coach has a particular skill set, which he uses to get a job and salary just like any other occupation. The coach could just as easily go to the NFL, so the colleges must make their team more attractive by having luxurious benefits and enormous salaries. A skilled coach means a better football program, which in turn makes the school more attractive to potential athletic recruits who could boost the team revenue by helping the school win games.It is more than fair to compensate the coaches as they currently are, but the idea to compensate students is honestly proposterous.