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[QUOTE="Stern, post: 1076998, member: 527"]
Don't need to convince myself, I live in reality!! Once you cut them a paycheck they aren't students any longer they are employees. And they entitled to [I]every[/I] benefit [I]every[/I] other employee at a school/University (secretary, professor, janitor, dean..etc.) has. It's easy to say ...just pay them. But the reality of it is much different. Because paying them and making them an employee means as we already stated...Unions, Agents, Contracts,lawyers,  FMLA, Health Insurance, 401K, retirement plans, workers comp and everything else that goes with being EMPLOYED at a business. That isn't even bringing up TITLE IX which is the first impossible road block to get around. And then OTHER employees of the school who don't get FREE room and board...why not give them free living quarters on campus? If other paid employees (ie athletes) are getting it, why not them?! There is a lawsuit against the school right there!   Which is why if you pay them you don't give them FREE room and board and you make them purchase it. Oh and by the way that big money these athletes get paid by the school in your crazy scenario must also be TAXED! So, after taxes, after paying for books, food, room, tuition and everything else...how much will be left over for them to have fun with? Not much! They have a better deal now just being on "scholarship." THAT's the reality of the situation!
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