"The best argument against paying players is that it diminishes the value of education" (qtd. in Zimbalist). The State University violated its academic standards by awarding unnecessary fees to athletically advanced students. Student-athletes should not be paid at the State University because it focuses on an extracurricular activity as a means of profit, praises athletic ability over merit/scholasticism, promotes a bridge between players and regular students, and creates hierarchy between university. Student-athletes should not be paid more than any other state university student, because this implies that the focus of this university is extracurricular activity as a means of profit. Intercollegiate athletics is becoming the central focus of colleges and universities, conflicts and large sums of money are the most important factors of interest of most university administration. Student athletes should be just as their title states, students. The average college student struggles to make ends meet just to attend college, so why should student athletes be exempt? College athletes should in fact have their own scholarships that cover what their talents represent not only athletically but also academically. Unfortunately, the disapproval lies when students who are making strides academically are not offered monetary congratulations compared to student athletes. If the enormous amount of revenue that colleges as a conglomerate are making is the main argument that athletes should be paid, then what is to stop the National Clearinghouse from coming up with unfair standards? Eventually, if these payments continue, coaches, organizations and the NCAA Clearinghouse will begin to feel that “s…half the paper…ug. 2013. Web. March 20, 2014. Meggyesy, Dave. "Drop the pretence." USA Today nd: Premier academic research. Network. April 1, 2014."The "Pay for Play" model is not a foolproof solution." USA Today nd: Premier academic research. Network. April 1, 2014Siegel, D. “Unifying Athletics with Educational Institutions.” Athletics and education. Science Smith Education, n.d. Web. 01 April 2014. Stone, Jeff, C. Keith Harrison, and JaVonte Mottley ““Don't Call Me a Student-Athlete”: The Effect of Identity Induction on Stereotype Threat For Committed African American College Athletes from academic point of view." Basic and Applied Social Psychology 34.2 (2012): 99-106. Academic research completed. Web. March 27, 2014Zimbalist, Andrew S. Unpaid Professionals: Commercialization and Conflict in Big-Time College Sports. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost, March 27).. 2014.