lets all remember that colleges, 99.9% getting some govt aide, are first and foremost for ACADEMICS with debate and band and sports and drama "extras"....
in that vein, no college nor university can be honest in running the sports racket by supporting and paying for big football or basketball...
..I don't care if they make the supposed "profit"...
"profit" is not their mission....
and since all sports pretty much take a lot of time whether it be womens volleyball or mens golf, then these people deserve to be paid....
if it keeps going like this, I will drop my season tickets...
I had this same discussion with a guy today. My position is that the kids are mostly if not all having their education payed for through scholarships anyway. With the added privilege of playing in front of a national audience. I don't support paying them one dime extra to play a kids game. They already have a hell of a lot more going for them than players of decades ago ever dreamed of. Tickets are expensive enough as it is.