If Pryor entered the supplemental draft would you pick him.

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Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

I understand the big schools making money without having to pay the athletes. However in the case of college football you only have 57% of schools turning a profit off football. Furthermore only 12% of all collegiate athletic programs are in fact profitable. So if you start paying football players you've opened the floodgates for every other sport the overwhelming majority of which are not profitable.

This would lead to programs cutting out sports all together and kids not getting a chance to earn a scholarship because a scholarship isn't good enough for a bunch of primma donnas that don't want to wait for the NFL or NBA.

Granted something should be done to further help the kids that come from poor backgrounds, however I can't support paying colleigate athletes across the board as it simply sets a terrible precedent. Trust me, anyone thats gotten the bill for a college education knows it's not free. These kids aren't walking away empty handed, except for the ones that would rather party then go to class.

Well said. I would add that some of these guys (e.g., see the Fab 5 movie on espn) just don't understand the concept of "amateur" or apprenticeship work. They are not the only people on campus that work hard but don't reap financial rewards in the present.

Top universities are full of 6 figure salary profs that have a lot of research & even classroom teaching done by their grad. assistants. I know a lot of grad assistants are getting paid a very small salary, but that usually is factored into part of their tuition/cost of living.

With these grad students, just as w/big time college athletes, the payoff is the education, experience & exposure they get that leads to gainful employment.