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Originally Posted by nik-
Alabama's football program made a profit of $45 million in 2012. I understand that a lot of this money helps fund sports that don't have 100000 people in the stands, so I'm not necessarily saying the kids should be paid by the program, but let them earn money on the side from their celebrity. It's so lame.
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The problem is that this could open up a huge can of worms. If players are allowed to "earn money on the side from their celebrity", what's to stop someone like Phil Knight from offering up lucrative Nike sponsorship deals on the condition that they play for Oregon?