Do you guys really think the Div I premier athletes are getting an education? They might be getting a diploma but many of these guys graduate barely able to read and write.
For example USC got caught creating special classes just for their athletes which turned out to be fake, on paper only, classes.
There are thousands of stories out there where even at honest colleges the athletes, coaches and parents would pay “tutors” to do all the athletes assignments and take the exams for them.
College Athletes absolutely be on a stipend. It isn’t like they have time to hold a part-time job while they play or train. Personally I think they should be given $2k a month plus free tuition, housing, books and food.
“Do you guys really think the Div I premier athletes are getting an education?”
I agree, all too many are not, and it’s a sad situation.
I mentioned medieval apprenticeship earlier, and the colleges are becoming more of an apprentice avenue to the Big Leagues than a place of learning.
All the more reason that athletes should not be paid if their only reason being there is not to learn but to become pro material.