You pay the athlete types are retarded at arguing. As long as you keep saying shit like "America was built on the backs of unpaid labor" when referring to this situation you'll never change anyone's mind. Yeah, slaves and college football players are the same thing. Dumb fucks.
I don't think the colleges need to pay them at all.
Just let them do whatever side jobs/autograph signings they want and keep the cash.
Agree in principal, but Bob Booster will find a way to pay Rhett Bomar for doing nothing.
So be it.
At least it is out in the open and above board.
Should a kid really be penalized because he sells his Sugar Bowl Ring ... It's his, he wants to sell it to a booster for 15k ... he earned it.
Reality ... less than 300 kids will go pro year ... or about 10% of the starters.
The rest will go into the real world and fail miserably and end up poasting on a bored about things they know nothing about ...
Let them earn what they can.