College Athletes Should Be Paid

I will first be making my arguments this round, and depending on the character limit, I will post my rebuttals. My opponent has the Burden of Proof. PrefaceIf I go to my rebuttals this round, I will rebut each paragraph at a time, and my opponent has 11 paragraphs :( . There isn't much sources to do in this debate, so there will not be much sources. a. FrameworkMy framework, and my arguments will be centered around the school’s perspective, and the other student’s. My main arguments will be about cost, unfairness, etc. My framework will be centered around which brings more happiness, because happiness means better things are happening, and that is needed for a debate. b. What even is a college sport? Wikipedia says,“"College athletics" is a term encompassing the non-professional, collegiate and university-level competitive sports and games requiring physical skill, and the systems of training that prepare athletes for competition performance. [1]”Therefore, my arguments will be about what the definition says. I will also say college sports as sports they do in college. Argument 1: Unfairness/ BiasMy first argument will be about Unfairness. We sign up for sports, which is pretty obvious. If we hear that they pay us, then everyone would want to sign up for it to earn money. However, there is a limited number of players in all sports (except for swimming, and tug a war), so the coaches have to choose. But to win with other schools, who do you think the school’s will pick? Of course they will pick the best athletes. Even if they say they are picking it random, they probably won’t. This does impact with the resolution because if you earn money when doing sports, and everyone would want to sign up, but then only the best can, because the school wants to win, so only they will get money because they are better, and that is very biased, and unfair. Because this does not give happiness for the other ones who did not get picked, we should not pay college athletes money. Argument 2: No EffortMy second argument will be about the effort the athletes will make. If we do pay the athletes the money, the athletes will only try to earn money, because that is most important for them; they won’t be competitive enough. When we didn’t pay the athletes, the wanted to win to get medals, but now they have money, and earn money, so they will make less effort of winning, only trying to last in the team to earn money. This does not bring happiness to the teachers, because they want to win, they don’t get distracted by the money because they don’t earn any in this way. How can this argument give an impact? My framework is centered around happiness, if we ban money, then there will be happiness for the students, because they didn’t even think about getting paid, so they will be competitive to win, and the teacher’s will be happy too. The others won’t feel unfairness. If we have money to give, then it will be happiness for the athletes, unhappiness for the school because they need to pay money, unhappiness from the teachers because they won’t be competitive anymore, unhappiness for the other students because they don’t have the chance to earn money, and they would think it is unfair (and it actually is). Therefore, Vote Con. Argument 3: CostThis won’t really be an argument, just questions Pro should answer, then I will rebut them.1. How much will you pay? I believe that it will cost to much if we pay them. This will not bring happiness. [1] . https://en.wikipedia.org...ConclusionI can't put my rebuttals this round, I will put them in the next round. I showed many ways why giving money will not bring much happiness. I will explain it again. Children who are the athletes- They will be happy, because they earn money. Other children who ain’t the athletes- They will not feel money, because it is unfair, and biased. The coaches/ teachers-They will not be happy because they want to win, but the athletes are not trying. The school- The school will not be happy because they have to pay the athletes, when they can make the school itself better. The parents- half-half. Actually more unhappy if you think about it. The parents of the athletes will be happy, because their child earns money. The others (the majority) will not be happy because their child couldn’t get money because of the bias of the school. Because I proved that paying athletes does much unhappiness, when if we don’t pay, everyone will become happy, please vote for Con! ! !