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Message: [QUOTE="rrlbees, post: 136068, member: 96"] You don't have to go to college to play pro sports. It is their choice to go to college. The free market is the pro's, not college. A free market in college sports would set up more illegalities than the NCAA has ever seen. Also, most scholarships are a lot more than $20K (SU is about $50K) and that is not all they are getting. They are also getting the opportunity to be set up to make a LOT more in the future than they would with just a HS education whether that be as a professional athlete or a career they chose. Go look at the studies that show how much the average HS grad makes in a lifetime compared to someone with a 4 year college degree. Then tell me all they are getting is $20K. If a college athlete doesn't take advantage of their free education, that is their choice. [/QUOTE]