Why are you attempting to equate education via degrees, which is the primary job of universities and thus the foundation of educational scholarships designed to help families who would normally not be able to afford to send their child to that school to those educational freebies given to the athletes whose sole purpose is to generate revenues for their football or basketball programs?
You know darn well who these athletes are and the NBA and NFL are filled with them. Their million dollar contracts should be predicated on reimbursing their respective universities for their minor league participation.
athletes whose sole purpose is to generate revenues for their football or basketball programs?
so they were allowed in for the sole purpose of generating revenues for the unversity (according to your theory)...then why in the world would the university, having already profited from these people, demand a back end remuneration upon their receiving employment...? the university’s investment has already paid off...
and you haven’t answered my question...what is the difference between employment received based on athletic ability (a degree in sports, if you like), and that received through academic pursuit...both are offered and highly valued by the university...