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Message: [QUOTE="SUFan44, post: 2327947, member: 39"] Small potatoes. And very hypothetical. Outside of the top 1% of all college athletes, there is next to zero marketability. The top men's lacrosse players at Syracuse or any other top school have limited endorsement potential. Heck, they have limited earning potential at the pro level in their sport because there is such little interest. Let's go down the list of NCAA Division I sports that are handing out scholarships to kids who inevitably are not going to be professionals. And are getting greater value from a free education that could lead to potential opportunities in the workplace than their sport ever will. You think the #8-13 scholarships on the men's basketball team are going to be marketable figures and make money that is worth more than the free education they receive? Plus perks (full meal plan, team meals, travel, gear, access to tutors, etc.). Let's take a look at the entire women's basketball team. Syracuse has had a couple pros that play in the WNBA lately, but those women benefit greatly from receiving a degree from their scholarship. I don't think you'll hear much complaining from them about the system. And the rub is that without a compensation structure that makes sense for ALL student-athletes who receive aid, then how would it work? You pay a certain number of them but not the other segment of the group? What happens when a kid like Jermaine Pierce is ruled medically unable to perform? Or Steven Clark? Do you say "OK, well you're no good to us now -- we won't pay you and since you were paid you won't have a scholarship either?" Essentially, that is what it would boil down to. There would be no remorse for anybody that wasn't good enough. The kids that didn't perform would be cut and not paid, and it would create utter chaos. But because some talking heads think it should be the way it is, and there is a profit being made for the upper 1%, then of course kids should get paid. The system isn't perfect but the people crying that kids should get paid need to think about the ramifications and consider all of the elements that go into the decisions. Not just the 1% scenarios. [/QUOTE]

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