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Message: [QUOTE="shantydaze, post: 698135, member: 666"] I am not in favor of awarding teams for success as it creates a "have" and "have not" system. I doubt any school is actively trying to be mediocre. I understand the argument that some schools are pouring more money into resources to be successful than others, but how is taking money away from the unsuccessful school going to change this? Also, the state schools (should) have a fundraising advantage over the smaller private schools do the larger number of alumni. That being said, schools should not lose money by going to bowls. I know the B1G also helps fund the school's traveling expenses before the remaining revenue is equally allocated by the conferences. This makes sense. I would have less of a problem if the "significant" bonus being paid to bowl bound teams was based on the number of tickets the school sells from its allotment. If the conference is responsible for the ticket allotment, a team that has a crappy draw should not be able to get the bonus and then have the equal revenue further reduced by the value of the unused ticket. Also, this may cause fans of these teams to travel to the bowl games and the more schools in the conference with a traveling fanbase, the better bowls the conference will get. As for paying athletes, I surprised the SEC and Texas teams would agree as they have been doing under the table to get an advantage over the other teams ;) I always get a little frustrated when people question the value of a scholarship. Even with a scholarship, my stint at SU left me with a six figure loan debt upon graduation. For the last 13 years, I have been paying my monthly educational mortgage and will continue to do so for another seven years. Scholarship student athletes should receive cost of attendance scholarships, however, similar to a National Merit Scholarship. The cost of attendance should be based on the financial aid figure, which should help ensure the schools do not manipulate the figures. This would give the kids enough to live on and still leave enough for the schools to fund non-revenue sports. [/QUOTE]

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