College athletes generate millions of dollars for their schools every year, but cannot be compensated beyond a scholarship because they are considered amateurs. College athletes are among the hardest working people in the nation, having to focus on both schoolwork and sports. Because athletics takes so much time, these student-athletes are always busy. College football and basketball are multi-billion dollar businesses. The NCAA doesn't want to pay athletes beyond scholarships, and it would be difficult to fit a new compensation program into NCAA and university budgets. College athletes should be compensated in some way because they put in so much time and effort, generating huge amounts of revenue. Playing a sport in college is the same as having a full-time job (Thomas). There are rules that allow major college football coaches to require only twenty hours of player time each week (Wieberg). However, studies show that these athletes double their hours per week during the season (Wieberg). Other sports take the equivalent of a full-time work week (Wieberg). Some NCAA officials are concerned about the amount of time spent stating that over forty hours is inhumane (Wieberg). Most athletes compete and do everything they can to succeed, so they enjoy spending countless hours doing sports (Wieberg). Many athletes also struggle in class because they don't have enough time to study. Student-athletes at Division I schools see themselves as athletes more than students (Wieberg). Less than 1% of college athletes actually make it to the professional level (Wieberg). This means that these kids should focus more on their education than athletics. In fact, these officials... half of the document... lion in media exposure for Texas A&M." TAMU Times. Texas A&M University, January 18, 2013. Web. December 2, 2013. Dorfman, Jeffrey. "Paying College Athletes ? They're already paid up to $125,000 a year." Forbes.com. Forbes LLC, Aug. 29, 2013. Web. Nov. 16, 2013. "NCAA exits jersey-selling business." Fox Sports. Microsoft, Aug. 9, 2013. Web. December 15, 2013. Pennington, Bill. “Expectations Lose in the Face of Sports Scholarship Reality.” nytimes.com, March 10, 2008. Web. December 17, 2013. Staples, Andy The NCAA's Hypocrisy on Amateurism. " SportsIllustrated.com. Sports Illustrated, August 7, 2013. Web. December 17, 2013. Thomas, Brennan. “Pay for Play: Should College Athletes Be Compensated?”. Bleacher Report. TBS, April 4. 2011. Web. December 8, 2013. Wieberg, Steve “Study: College Athletes Are Full-Time Workers".. 2013.