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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeDW, post: 2074985, member: 2458"] Simple solution...pay the athletes out of the budget for apparel and shoes, so it's self-sustaining within the athletic departments. Maybe $5-10,000 a year for the top schools(who have more lucrative sponsorship deals). Pay them more each year, so that seniors make the most. Maybe this entices the players that are marginal pro prospects to stay in school longer and those who are close to graduation to stay in school he whole way? The payment could serve as an extra piece of their scholarship. Call it an athletic grant, even. I'm just throwing out a number, but that would give them something in their bank account and spending money, cut down on the financial pressures many of them face and allow them to share in the profits of the machine that is college bball and football. Why not? [/QUOTE]