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[QUOTE="Full_Rebar, post: 919913, member: 3530"]
I'm saying that every school could lower coaching/admin salaries to provide for the full cost of attendance that student-athletes want. There is no need to cut sports to make this happen, and in fact, the NCAA could set a cap of salaries.  I recognize that no school is going to do this on their own, but I want to point out that comments like Delaney saying the BiG schools would become D3 schools is a joke. I also can't stand college admins/NCAA folks who saying giving the full cost of attendance (or a stipend) would mean cutting sports. All of these schools can afford it, if they looked to control salaries.

It's ridiculous that in a majority of states, the highest paid state employee is a college football or basketball coach. That's one of Bilas' arguments. You can't claim poverty when the average salary of college football coaches is higher than the average salary of NFL coaches.

Moontan- I am not talking about stipends. The request is not a stipend, it's for athletes to get the same scholarship as other students, which covers the full cost of attendance. The 7k figure was what Northwestern used (maybe just the number at that school). Yes, this can be used for things such as travel expenses, incidentals, but I think when people say stipend it makes you think that athletes are getting more than other students, but in fact, this would just put the athletes on equal footing.
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