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Originally Posted by mattdavis11
How can you balance things out? Lets say you have a QB for Texas, OU, OSU, Alabama, Clemson, Oregon (pick a school), and could you fairly say that the offensive lineman that protects them should get the same, or is it a sliding scale? What about non prominent schools? Do they get less?
Don't fool yourselves, they are getting paid. I know, I've heard of the envelope drops, personally have seen the cash. Also, Alumni that own car dealerships, donors, athletes that water grass for cash, they make money now and have been for eons. It's the lesser known that want a slice of the EA Sports (and others) pie.
How do you make it equitable for all?
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I'm not sure how you make it equitable for all. The system in place now is pretty bad.
Back in the late 90's I had a friend of a college friend that got a full ride to a well known independent university in northwest Indiana. His major and classes were picked for him by the athletic department. He got injured in practice before the season started and sat out the season. He still knew to check his locker, year round, as there would be clothes, money, and other goodies. Starting players did much better. He ended up losing academic eligibility and his scholarship his second year so he never really played for the team. Part of me wonders if that wasn't orchestrated behind the scenes. (As in, a starter was going to pass all of his classes and an injured second stringer was just sucking up scholarship money.)