When we talk about players not getting paid everyone ignores the full ride scholarships that they receive that are probably worth close to 6 figures a year, that include room and board and books and a bunch of other things.
Basically the players are exchanging a free education that leaves other kids in the 6 figures in debt.
whether they deny it or not the players are getting compensation.
You could add on that what the players should be getting is a per diem to cover other education related expenses.
But I don't think that teams should be paying players cash to pay because it would basically cause a bidding war that smaller schools would lose every time.
Yeah Coach I wanted to go to North Western, but you only offered me $50,000 a year. Pen State offered me triple that.
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