Should College Student Athletes Be Paid? A Public Policy Debate

College sports are big business. They bring in a lot of money for the Universities and the NCAA. But what about the student athletes? Should they receive compensation beyond their scholarships?

This public policy debate poses this question to your students.

Students will analyze arguments from both sides of the issue, form counter arguments and construct a well-reasoned argument to support their opinion. The lesson concludes by having students write letters to the NCAA state their position on the issue.

Should Student Athletes be Paid? includes:

- Teacher's Guide

- Student work pages (available as World Documents or editable PDFs)

-PowerPoint

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