“As do all college students, especially those who receive no money from the college because theres not enough left over after the athletes get their free ride. “
You think? Ohio State University got roughly $14 million for their appearance in the Sugar Bowl. That doesn’t count television revenue, ticket sales, and advertising throughout the season. The football team and the basketball team at most division I schools pays for the rest of the sports programs.
Football and basketball are big business at major colleges. The problem is, how do you break that out from everyone else? In the communist view, all must be treated the same. A member of the golf team, or tennis team is to be valued equally to the football team members.
Baloney, if a sport makes BIG money for a school, the athletes should be compensated. Yes, football and basketball players should get a stipend. Golf team, tennis team, volleyball team, sorry about your luck.
I agree. Most come from families with little financial means. The practice and workout schedules are such that they do not have much free time for part-time jobs. Free time would better be used for studying. Part time jobs are under a microscope from the NCAA Gestapo. And the good programs are making millions on them. You better believe, at least at the more successful programs, it is effectively a sweatshop.
My son got recruited some a few years ago. The dirty little secret is that players from poor families usually get the preference on athletic scholarships because they can use Federal government grant money to the student to offset costs to the scholarship funds. That is the REAL reason the disparity is so large in the number of blacks vs. whites on team rosters. I think they would have more because of basic talent levels, but not in such a wide disparity in terms of percentages.