I believe there is a possibility if college student-athletes were financially compensated it could increase graduation rates among student-athletes. I am interested in this topic to better understand if money is the main reason athletes' leave college early. I would like to better understand if these athletes are graduates of their schools, or did they leave college early for the quick pay day? This question affects me and my values, because I want to see more African-Americans' graduate rather than taking the easy way out. I value education very much and feel that other athletes often do not appreciate the free education, because all they can think about is how long it will take to provide for their families. I have had some personal experiences by talking to friends and former teammates and the only reason they left was for the money. I do not blame them because many of us student-athletes, come from very little and would not be in college if it was not for the athletic scholarship. There is the pressure to get rich quick and take care of our families. I am qualified to speak on this subject because I am a student-athlete at a revenue producing institution but I struggle with meals, clothes, and personal necessity every day.

According to CBSports, Jadeveon told Jim Rome on Showtime "If I would have had the chance to take care of my family through college I would have probably stayed in college." Jadeveon Clowney would have stayed in college if he was getting paid. One can argue that the greatest value he lost was the ability to get a degree, which will last a lifetime. Many may believe that he was interested in living a more secure lifestyle and getting paid big money was probably valued more than a degree to him. According to Clowney, however, it was family he valued the most. He explains, "Having to take care of my family, it would have made a difference if I'd have gotten paid." This article was written by Will Brinson. He is a CBS sports senior NFL writer who writes about what is relevant at the time and his topics range from college to professional. He does not appear to have a bias on whether college student-athletes should be paid.

In the article, "NCAA Athlete Graduation Rates: Less Than Meets the Eye" by E. Woodward Eckard, he breaks down how the NCAA compares student-athletes graduation rates with the general student body. He suggests the evidence presented by the NCAA is biased because it includes the part-time students in the graduation rates making relative graduation rates for athletes appear "more favorable". He argues that because student-athletes must be full-time, they should be compared with only full-time students. Also, a large proportion of athletes at or close to their school's minimum academic entrance requirements compared with the general student body. Therefore, the NCAA persists in generating unrealistic expectations and performing comparisons in which athletes, particular in revenue-generating sports. E. Woodrow Eckard is an MBA Director and Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado, Denver. His expertise is in Sports Economics and Industrial Organization.

An alliance of professors has put together a support group for labor rights for men's football and basketball players calling for the NCAA to pay student-athletes. A mass of economists, professors, and critics claim's NCAA schools can absolutely afford to pay college athletes. According to a sports economist and professor of sports management, Rodney Fort the NCAA has brought in nearly a billion dollars in revenue in its most recent financial year. While top-tier institutions bring in tens of millions as well. Since, the NCAA supposed to be nonprofits their system is set up to spend every cent that comes in. "Getting schools to move around or spend money to basically get rid of excess revenue is called profit in a profit-making corporation", said Michael Leeds. Maxwell Strachan is a senior editor at The Huffington Post he specializes in sports, entertainment, technology and business. Not biased at all he asks around and get feedback from a variety of people to see their response he gives empirical data.

How would compensating college student-athletes affect graduation rates? This is arguable because you have student-athletes every year leaving college early after one year or three years just so they can start providing for their families and not looking at the long-term goal of a degree just short term of million now. Some of my agreements are the main reason students-athletes leave is because of the money and hard labor athletes are put through. Some of my disagreements only come from the NCAA stating they always break even or lose money they put into the programs. My perspectives never changed about this topic from when I first had the thought NCAA needs to stop being frugal and pay athletes so more black males leave college with a degree. Dim the numbers of bankruptcy after their professional careers are over. I strongly feel I have a great research question; I have something different something very unique I wouldn't change anything.
