Each year, high school athletes receive scholarships to compete in collegiate-level sports. Most people see this as an excellent opportunity for students, but is that really the case? Do these athletes really need this money to attend college and have a better life? I think not. College athletes should not receive monetary compensation because scholarships should be for academic achievement, playing at the college level is not yet a career, and the love of the sport can be lost. Scholarships should be awarded to scholars, not athletes. Sports achievements should not overshadow academic achievements. “University resources that should be spent on academics are instead subsidizing entertainment” (Krupnick). While both athletics and academics require immense effort, academics are the building blocks of our society. Scholars are the people who cure diseases, run government, and overall make the United States a better place. The world needs more scholars; therefore they should be the only ones to receive compensation. If the scholar is an athlete, that's fine. However, athletics should not be the reason that person earns a scholarship. Furthermore, why should someone who is physically gifted be more eligible for a scholarship than someone who is not? Just because an individual's genetics are more wired for excellent sports performance should not be a plausible reason to grant that individual a scholarship. It's a completely unfair system. On the other hand, anyone who puts in enough effort has a chance to receive an academic scholarship. Students attend college to find a career from which they can earn a decent living. Athletics is not a varsity... middle of paper... for these competitors. Hopefully they can realize how selfish they are and face the reality that these funds should be going to other places. There is always room for more funding for academic opportunities and opportunities for the less privileged to obtain a higher education. Distributing payment to athletes is not the moral way to use money. Works Cited Kiplinger, Knight. “Should Athletes Share Their School’s Profits?” Kiplinger PersonalFinance March 2012: 11. Badgerlink. EBSCOhost. Network. March 1, 2012.Krupnick, Matt. “Nader: College Athletics Humiliating Society.” Contra Costa TimesContra Costa Times October 4, 2012: np Badgerlink. EBSCOhost. Web.4 March 2012.Wilson, Gregory, and Mary Pritchard. “Comparison of Sources of Stress in College Students, Athletes, and Nonathletes.” Athletic intuition. March 2005: 1-8. Network. March 4. 2012.