Should high athletes get paid to play sports?

I am writing an essay and i need some other opinions on this question. So i want to know what you think and why or why not?

Should high athletes get paid to play sports?
No, they shouldn't, because our schools are already struggling with money and they need to be building character with their sports rather than focusing on money.
Reply:if your talking about high school athletes than no. but high schools do recruit and dont admit it. i went to a school in michigan called nouvel catholic central and they recruited and i even heard that they did pay some athletes to not go to the nearest public school and lplay ball for them. should they get paid, no, do they, yes. the reason is that (in my opinion) i think if you are going to get paid to play, you should first have a high school education. some athletes are as dumb as rocks who should not have fat checks and loads of money because of the way it will be used. second responsability is a reason that they (the experts) think that a young person will blow there earnings and make dumb mistakes
Reply:High athletes... like highschool? in that case definetely not. where would the money come from. Most thletic departments cannot even afford proper uniforms let alone a salary.
Reply:yes...............the spend time practicing rather than taking off for work