Athletes being payed

http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/should-ncaa-athletes-be-paid

The link above is discussing whether or not student athletes should be payed. This is something I find very interesting because I am a new on the soccer team this year. I wanted to know what people thought on the situation? I personally can see both sides of the argument. I think for football and basketball paying players makes sense because of the amount of revenue they produce for their schools. Not just that, but the schools, and the NCAA, use the players in video games, and sell the athletes jerseys without their consent. Although there is no crime against that, it seems very shady and somewhat of an illegal action. On the other side I do respect the idea of professionalism and amateurism. If players were to be payed then the idea of amateurism is completely gone and collegiate players would then become professionals. I think the only sports that deserve to be payed would be football and basketball, even though I would love if soccer players were to be payed. Unfortunately soccer teams don't produce the same amount of money as the two other sports so it seems pretty improbable. I was hoping to see what others thought on the situation.