Sixers veteran Tobias Harris advocates for college players to be paid

Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris advocates for college athletes to be paid.

This time in self-quarantine has everybody doing a variety of different things inside as they look to pass the time until the coronavirus gets kicked to the curb. Most people are playing video games or binging on Netflix series–ahem, Tiger King–and even watching documentaries.

Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris has begun watching HBO’s new documentary called “The Scheme” which tells the story of Christian Dawkins who is convicted felon for essentially paying college athletes.

Harris, who has been a big voice for paying college athletes in the past, has expressed his views on Twitter on Tuesday night as he watches the documentary. He has advocated for the paying of the college athletes and he has asked people to give him an argument for why they shouldn’t.

One reply agrees with Harris that they should be paid and he gave them a shoutout on Twitter in agreement.

The debate will forever rage on about college athletes being paid. On one hand, they get free room and board and education, but on the other hand, the NCAA and the school makes a ton of money off their likeness. Whatever side you’re on, it’s hard to really defend the NCAA on some of their decisions with the athletes. [lawrence-related id=28638,28628,28613]