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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 5514001, member: 622"]
Respectfully, a $400K-$500K education* is nothing to shake a stick at.  At $100K/year, each player makes more than the average household in the U.S. at their young age.

* Tuition is based on the average of the private school costs as taxpayers fund the remainder for state tuition, there are full benefits, gear, food, training, travel, etc. and the tax-free value of the education package (a key reason players should not become employees), the fact that most student athletes "aren't getting that much money" is a non-factor.  I am happy they are getting some stipend as they cannot work during the preseason and season.  Also, recall, football and basketball fund ALL sports, men's and women's.  Without Title IX, most other sports would be cut off completely.  While I respect the concept that people in general should be paid their worth in the generation of wealth, the act of accepting the scholarship is the acknowledgement that that the football or basketball is making a conscious choice to assist their fellow athletes in other sports.   The military, government, and education personnel often make less than their professional counterparts, sacrificing a part of their potential wages to serve the public and for other benefits, among them security.
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