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The NCAA and the colleges respond with the argument that they are providing an expensive education and that should be enough for the players. Well, if education were the truth of sports scholarships, then the athletes should be required to maintain a 3.0 average and require all athletes to take tough academic courses. Those that can't cut it should be thanked and released. That being said, I made the point on a sports talk show a few years ago that the student athletes bring in billions of dollars that support Television, sports personnel of various levels, and their own colleges. Sure, the athletes are provided an expensive education, but they still deserve some sort of stipend. One point of confusion, I must admit, does the college provide the sports scholarships or is that left to the booster groups? If the sports scholarships are provided by booster organizations, then the colleges have no argument about how valuable the education is, because someone else is paying for it.

Also, if it was simply an even education-for-performance deal, shouldn't the colleges only take in enough to cover said education costs? Why do they come out ahead by the millions then? It's a racket.