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Opinion: College athletes don’t deserve a paycheck

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They already are compensated beyond receiving an invaluable college learning experience.

Illustration by Ivan Benavides

ollege athletes are on a stage that most youth and high school athletes dream of reaching.

They get to play their dream sport, have access to top-notch tutoring, training and medical staffs, all while travelling around the country — sometimes crossing international borders — and spending weekends in cities most students can only imagine visiting. Just this year, the Florida Atlantic men’s basketball team traveled to the Bahamas and Hawaii.

Still, a number of people believe that college athletes deserve a payday for the revenue they bring their respective schools as well as the NCAA.