[allendale]

Over $50 million dollars will be generated by that game. How much will the “student athletes”, many of whom will incur during their “careers” life long debilitating injuries and afflictions, see of that money.

[BBB333]

“allendale, phone call from DU on line one...allendale, phone call from DU on line one...”

[Codeflier]

You must be fun at parties. Try to lighten up and enjoy life more.

[mostly_lies]

Having gone to Alabama, and known several football players, some of whom I was good friends with (I was not good enough as an athlete to play on that kind of team!), I can tell you that EVERY ONE OF THEM knows the physical price they may pay. Very few of them expect to play pro ball. They do it for the experience, the pride, the sense of achievement. I know a guy who blew his knee out and said flat out “I will have a gimp leg the rest of my life.” I also know that almost none of the ones who pay a physical price would do anything differently.

There is a price for anything that is worth anything. They go into it eyes wide open, and are proud of their achievements, and are not squawking about not making any money. That is, most of them are not like whiney complainers who b**ch about the money in athletics.

I admire them. They are phenomenal athletes and watching people at the apex of whatever field they work in is a thing of wonder.

[fso301]

Over $50 million dollars will be generated by that game. How much will the “student athletes”, many of whom will incur during their “careers” life long debilitating injuries and afflictions, see of that money.

That kind of money is consistently generated by few teams for only brief intervals.

Time will eventually run out for Nick Saban and the team may then suffer years of lackluster performance. What should the team do if it can't make payroll?

Then there is the matter of Title IX. Revenue from football and men's basketball has to finance women's sports.

[Yo-Yo]

They will receive every penny they agreed to when they signed up to play. Many, if not a majority of the players aren't even on scholarship.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Over $50 million dollars will be generated by that game. How much will the “student athletes”, many of whom will incur during their “careers” life long debilitating injuries and afflictions, see of that money.

Well, they do get a full-ride scholarship to a university, so it's not like they're completely uncompensated. And I think relatively few will make it through their college playing career with any lasting injuries.

But you're absolutely right that college football generates far more for major powers like Alabama than it does for the players themselves. Each player needs to weigh the pros and cons.

[Tobias Grimsley]

they are paid...about $50k\year to get a great education so they can move on and have a productive life after playing, eat like kings at a training table that would make you yearn with envy, are revered and basically worshipped, etc., etc., etc...that’s not to mention that they love the game they play.