These athletes receive free tuition, textbooks, rooms, meals, and training. So no extra money should be paid on top of it. Athletes may have to train hard, but while they train, non-athletic students work outside to pay off debt. By paying athletes, it would hurt many smaller universities without much athletic funding, since they wouldn't be able to acquire top players like larger universities could. College sports are meant to bring players and fans together to celebrate their school, but sports are becoming too big a part of college life. Colleges were created to help further educate students, and all college attendees should focus on education and not extracurricular activities such as