Should college athletes be paid a salary?

>spring semester is finished in most colleges
>high school lets out next week

fuck off

>>76362094
Ever heard of Summer classes?

>>76362094
>what are summer classes
i'll bite, here are some main things pinpoint and expand on

>you pay one athlete, you have to pay every athlete

>do you pay walk ons?

>some sports generate more than another, how will pay be split up

>D1 D2 D3 athletes all get paid?

>What about D1 swimmers and track athletes? they generate nothing compared to football and basketball but they'll want to be paid too

>>76362045
>people go from being worth 0 dollars and 0 cents to being worth $500,000 - $5,000,000 and the only difference is they arent enrolled in 12 credits of liberal arts

Really makes you think

>>76362212
>they generate nothing compared to football and basketball
And we're not even talking about that disk football women play on NCAA.

>>76362045
Yes
Part time education in a professional sport isn't an excuse to make people work for free.

A salary? No. Should they be entitled to some of the revenue that their sport/merchandise brings in to the school? Probably.

>>76362212
thank you for the input

>>76362309
>guy gets paid nothing, blows out his knee and never plays again
rmmt

>>76362865
What's to stop boosters from buying a shitload of merchandise in order to get money "legally" into athlete hands? $100 handshakes and groupies still would be around.

>>76362094
You do realize some universities have quarters, don't you? Spring quarter doesn't finish until this coming week.

Salary? No. But they should be able to make whatever they can get on endorsements and appearances.

>>76362045
No because it will give colleges another bullshit excuse to raise tuition, the cost to pay them will be at the expense of students using unis for their actual purpose.