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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish American society didn't put athletes and those in the entertainment industry on pedestals.[/quote]

Oh, I completely agree.  And don't think they deserve to make the sickening amounts of money they make.  Our priorities are completely out of whack.[/quote]

And on the other end of the spectrum, I think college athlete who pull in major money for universities should be able to make some sort of profit.[/quote]

Fuck no. The athlete worship in this country is insane. WHO CARES if you can throw a ball, you're not saving lives.

NFL should not be a tax-exempt organization. We should cap players' salaries. [/quote]

[b]Aside from a free ride [/b]and some campus celebrity, unless a player makes it to the pros, college football players at big name schools are used and spit out by the schools. Winning teams make millions of dollars each season for schools without having to pay players.
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Aside from a free ride? A free ride has significant monetary value, and I think that's enough as "payment" for college football players. Most of the best players choose schools out of state -- even state schools out of state can be 50k with room and board, food etc. 50k over 4 years is 200k. At D1 schools esp the ones that are football obsessed, players get a lot of free "stuff." I know Penn State the best and know a few guys on that team. They get a ton of free clothing, and I'm not suggesting just a few PSU football sweatshirts. Everything from multiple pairs of sneakers to backpacks to athletic gear to winter coats are provided to them; I'm sure the NCAA has a cap but conservatively I'd say it can't be less than 2k of stuff per year. You could practically move your son into the dorms with one pair of clothing on his back, and the rest would be taken care of. This year the school got all of the football players (and all athletes) i-pads. When they made a bowl game this year, they got a swag bag consisting of the usual sweatshirts/hats etc. but also an apple TV, Bluetooth speakers, and gift cards in addition to a week in NYC; sure they practiced during the week, but they also got to see shows, do touristy things and eat at nice restaurants -- all of which costs money; so there's another 1-2k per player. The university (or maybe the NCAA) has now also decided to provide additional food beyond just providing a meal plan, so there's an endless supply of snacks and drinks available to athletes in their athletic facilities -- so there's another few hundred dollars/month that students don't have to spend on snacks and meal supplements for after practice. While all these "extras" seem small, they add up to about 5k/yr combined -- 20k over 4 years.

I'd say 220k over 4 years is plenty of payment to a football player, even if the program is making millions. If that's not enough for their "talent," they're not compelled to play college ball, they can take their talent straight to the NFL draft if anyone will have them. And remember not every player is a starter that's generating ticket sales; I could see those guys feeling like they deserve more but half the team or more is on the practice squad and they get the same benefits. [/quote]

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