COLLEGE SOCCCER


As a lot of soccer fans know, college soccer is one level down from professional soccer. NCAA college soccer program is obviously college soccer level program but it has one of the best future players in the world. There are different soccer divisions here in the U.S.A, namely Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 and so on. All of the divisions are very competitive but the most competitive division in the NCAA program is Division 1. There are a lot of debate on whether or not college athletes should be paid so this blog will be focusing on this specific question due to the fact that soccer is one of the biggest sports offered at the college level.
First off, lets start with division 1. It is pretty clear that D 1 is the most competitive and the most commitment required division but do you think that college athletes in the D 1 level must be paid? For athletes in the D 1 program, I think that they should be paid for a number of reason. The nature of the program is time consuming, requires a lot of commitment and extra hard work on and off the field. The more competitive the program gets the more work expected of athletes in order to be on the same level and beyond with athletes in the program. Division 1 athletes are also expected to have very good academic success, engage in communal activities and be leaders both in athletics, academics, and in the community. As one would imagine, meeting all of these requirements is not close to been easy not even one bit. Because of this reason, I personally believe that adult incentives must be provided to the athletes who meet all of the requirements. It is true that most division 1 players gain some form of athletic scholarship ranging from half tuition to full tuition but is that enough for all of the work they put in prior to enrolling in college and the extra work they are expected to do as leaders on and off the athletic program when they actually enroll in college? On my opinion, I do not think that full tuition scholarships are definitely enough for division 1 college athletes due to the fact that the NCAA college program make a fortune of off the outstanding college athletes who spend days and nights working on been better athletes, leaders and role models in both sports and education.

            The NCAA program is trying to make it seem like college athletes are equipped with all of their needs but they really aren't. College athletes should stand up as a unit and demand to be paid for their tremendous work and this will have a very high significance in the United States. This will show that athletes and non athletes can stand up and request for the things that they definitely deserve under the court of law.
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