There needs to be impactful, dynamic bylaw change within the association. Student athletes deserve better compensation, in whatever form it may hold.

— Magdalena Mihaylova

I have something to say and I do not know if you’re ready for it. Can you handle it? Well here it goes anyway. I should really get paid for doing this. What is this you ask? Let me clarify. I should be compensated for playing collegiate sports. I dedicate myself to my respective sport and bring in billions of dollars annually for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Millions of people come to watch us play or watch on their TVs. We add another layer of entertainment for various types of people, yet it does not show. Many entertainers get paid on all types of levels except college athletes like myself. I believe this should change and that Furman University should lead this change. Furman should pay me to entertain the school because I need the money to prevent my parents from sending me their hard earned money. I don’t want to make it any harder on my parents because I need money. As a football player in a prestigeous university, it would help me out greatly to be compensated for the things that I do everyday.

I engage in athletics 15+ hours throughout the week. From the time I get up for workouts to the time I finish practice. This a lot asking a student to dedicate so much time to one thing and then telling them to keep their grades up. I can remember trying to study my tail off to get a decent grade in a class so I can be eligible for next season. That is unfair and it needs to be changed. It feels like modern slavery to do all of these things and not get any real compensation for it.

The video above demonstrates the time that I spend on my workouts. It may be free here to workout but it is not free when I go home. The NCAA could at least make sure I have enough money to pay someone to train me to keep me at optimal performance.

Not everyone goes pro and not every college football player gets to seize opportunites for a future outside of football. For someone like myself, who has put their body through hell and does not want to pursue a professional playing career, I should be compensated for my time being in the NCAA. I had a fractured wrist and it was hard for me to play on it and it would’ve made me feel better knowing money was coming my way to relieve me of knowing I was hurt.

So in other words “Tell them to bring me my money”

The rules and the social problems of being an athlete are very important to me and it will be something that will be adressed in my blogs.