Over the years there have been continuing, sporadic calls for college athletes to be paid in return for what they do to generate money for their colleges. These calls were loud this spring after the injury to Kevin Ware in the Midwest Regional Final of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. A number of commentators felt his sacrifice strengthened the case for paying college athletes. As the college football season kicks off this week (Go Dawgs!), the calls for student athletes to be paid will gain volume again. Below I hope to explain how college athletes are already compensated (even if not “paid”) and why changing the system would be incredibly difficult.
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