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[QUOTE="SU2NASA, post: 1099638, member: 800"]
Trust me, I'd much rather have academia getting more money.  I'd rather more money be going toward students that are coming in to try and cure cancer.

They receive full tuition, room and board, and they're fed on campus, and they receive academic support that non-athletes are not entitled to... all for free.  99% of them will never play pro, and they receive this free education worth upwards of two hundred thousand dollars in exchange for having a skill that relates in no way to the education that they are supposedly there for.  At least the academic scholar is bringing a tangible gift that relates to the university's mission.

And this argument that they bring in money for the university... As has been said by many other posters, [I]very[/I] few ADs run in the black.

Screw it, let's just abolish athletic scholarships completely.  I played hockey at SU, as other posters on here that also played and have kids that play on the team know, it's run like a top-level program (and the season  goes longer than football).  Practiced every day, worked out, travelled and played games long distance.  And most of us did this with no scholarships of any kind.  I put in more than 30 hours per week and I had what I think is a pretty ambitious major.  Oh, and I got a part-time job on top of it.  So if they don't like their lot, *** 'em.
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