05/05/2021
Podcast Summary: To Pay or Not to Pay
In the third episode of RU Sports Speaks Lorenzo Robinson and Nevarie Solomon sit down with Reinhardt University’s football players Teon Burroughs, PJ Williams, and Billy Waters, who also practices track and field, to discuss if college athletes should be paid or not. There is a lot of talks out there about this issue because a college athlete has so much on their plate. They have to balance going to classes, getting homework done, going to work, and keeping high performance at their sport. We all know college is expensive and sometimes it would be nice if athletes got paid. Teon starts off this discussion and says he believes college athletes should be paid. He thinks a college athlete has so many responsibilities and things to take care of that getting paid for practicing your sport would solve many problems. Lorenzo, Nevarie, PJ, and Billy all agree on this subject also because of the same reasons and because not everybody can support themselves. Next, Nevarie asks a follow-up question and that is: do you think if athletes get paid, would that take away the purity of the sport? Everyone agrees on this question as well. Teon believes the purity and the motives of the game would change. People would no longer be practicing hard for the same reason anymore, and that is to win as a team. Athletes would no longer feel like there is a grind and the intensity of the workouts could lower. Then, Nevarie jumps in and asks if college athletes get paid, how would that work? Everyone comes to the conclusion that everybody on the roster should be paid no matter what, but they should not be all paid the same. Higher salaries should be given to those who have a better performance or do good in their academics. Later, they switch gears and have a rich and entertaining discussion on who is the best quarterback in the NFL and their top five. In this talk, everyone jumped in with their opinions and thoughts of each player’s ability, performance, and achievements. They also had this same talk with who is their top pick for 2021 NFL MVP and closed the episode by thanking our audience for listening to us.
