Should college athletes get paid?

[Mark williams]

In Tuscaloosa they get free SUVs as well.....

On a serious note: They get very nice room & board ( furnished better then my house), food, clothes, backpacks, school supplies. They make it where you would never need to leave campus and live like kings...

Get paid on top of that...? Im sure the parents get a little under the table cash already. Just no paper trail. We all know this. NO school is innocent.

Yep Benny, alabama gets SUVs while auburn gets those 1978 caddilacs with landau tops and spoke rims. Also pass out intratecs were they can hold up their local gas stations when in need of cash.

 

[HKpirate]

As someone who played a D1 sport ( golf ), we got a ton of perks any where in Columbia SC that knew we were golf team hooked us up big time. We had a food budget that was more than enough food and I wold often give me roommate my card so he could get food if he ran out. ( you are appointed so many " meals" yada yada dumb system). But with the amount of perks we got the football team was treated and is still treated like GOLD !

We also got a weekly allowance that if we needed random odds and ends we would be able to along with not have to pay a cent for anything sport related. now if you went out drinking every weekend you wouldn't have money but don't forget balancing sports and school is hard yet many people still find the time to party.

Now as someone who was an Accounting major and golfing for 3 out of 4 years it was difficult at times but I also had a person I could call at any time to help me with school work and a teacher assistant would often be on my ass to do my work. Now most of the football players were art majors who don't attend class and still get grades. Its bullshit do what ever and still get a free degree and still want money...

I know golf doesn't take in a cent compared to these big football school but if they divided up the money equally that would be the only thing that would be fair since we cant just give football players extra money. But lets be honest the gym dorms and facilities that we got to use are and still are TOP notch ! If we needed anything ever out couch or one of the assistants would take care of it. There is no good way to pay college kids and not have college sports turn into a shit show.