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Here's the deal. The crap with them getting paid isn't going away. You all make very good points about how paying them isn't really ideal. I don't totally agree that they "should" be paid from an ethical standpoint like saden seems to. But from a PRACTICAL standpoint the current system doesn't work and cannot work. The entire college football system is monetized. There is zero chance that the NCAA, NFLPA, or colleges can create a real system that keeps part of said system out of the money. It just can't work from an economic standpoint. Everywhere you look in the system people stand to make money. And the way they make money?... off of procuring and utilizing talent. If they are motivated to make money then they'll be motivated to do whatever they have to do to make that happen. It's simple math. Make all the fairyland arguments you want but at the end of the day, with all the cracking down the NCAA does, players still take the money because there is no reason not to. Agents still pay the money because the rewards greatly outweigh the risks. Colleges and coaches still look the other way because they don't have much choice if they want a competitive program, Nobody is actually motivated to operate contrary to the way the current system currently works. As long as there are huge paydays at the end of the rainbow this is the way the system will be. NCAA might as well figure a way to not demonize the whole thing is my point. Make it legit so it can be at least a little more controlled.