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Poll: Should college athletes be paid?

Time for another HS Insider poll: Should college athletes be paid? College athletics generate millions of dollars for many campuses across the country, but the people fans pay to see, the athletes, do not share in that money. Should they, or is the fact they get a scholarship, a free education and room and board…
<a href="https://highschool.latimes.com/author/olundp/" target="_self">Paul Olund</a>

Paul Olund

December 9, 2014

Time for another HS Insider poll: Should college athletes be paid?

College athletics generate millions of dollars for many campuses across the country, but the people fans pay to see, the athletes, do not share in that money. Should they, or is the fact they get a scholarship, a free education and room and board enough?

Vote in our poll and let us know what you think.

Results of our last poll: What is your favorite Thanksgiving side dish?

Stuffing, 39.6%

Mashed potatoes, 20.8%

Rolls, 11.3%

Candied yams, 9.4%

Cranberry sauce, 7.6%

Green bean casserole, 5.7%

Corn, 5.7%

Scholar-athlete Cody Going: off to Division 1

Scholar-athlete Cody Going: off to Division 1

Cody Going has been in Mission Viejo high school’s football program, a team ranked number four in California by MaxPreps, for five long years. From his time in eighth grade to now he’s been able to see the athletes at Mission Viejo High grow from teammates to a...