NCAA: Talks to Pay Student Athletes Move Forward

In my opinion, college athletes should be paid. The question becomes is it all atheletes or is it the most popular sports of football, basketball and baseball. It is for males and females? Will it be based on the size of the school or will there be a standard amount for all schools? The easy question is paying them. I would love to see them figure out the how of that question. Stay tuned...

Joe Schad of ESPN is reporting that one day after Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said his conference members had discussed the concept of paying student athletes more than the scholarship money awarded now, several other power brokers in college football weighed in on the topic.

Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky said, "Something has to give on this issue. Universities justify spending tens of millions of dollars on coaches' compensation, with a seemingly insatiable appetite for more growth. At the same time, a small fraction of that amount is spent on all scholarships for all student athletes. Unless the student athletes in the revenue-producing sports get more of the pie, the model will eventually break down. It seems it is only a matter of time."

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