College scholarships are worth nothing ??
Most college athletes get 5 years to play 4 all paid for, that’s not professional wages, but it’s helluva lot for the average college player...
They’re not worth nothing. But why shouldn’t the athletes also get paid through other means? People in on academic scholarships are allowed to make money.
Here’s the innate stupidity of the situation, I’ll make a hypothetical for you:
a coach, a trainer, a cheerleader, an athlete and an academic scholarship student all go to a restaurant. The owner of the restaurant recognizes enough of them, comes over an offers to comp the meal. 1 person in that group is not allowed to take that free meal. The athlete. That’s wrong. That is immoral, and just plain stupid. And everybody in that group except the athlete can make money on their name image and likeness. Again, immoral and stupid.
The NCAA needs to stop punishing the athletes and treating them differently, worse, than every other student on campus to maintain their illusion of amateurism.