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College athletes- Pay em' or not?
Posted on 10/23/08 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 10/23/08 at 8:58 pm
I am of the opinion that no matter how much money teams bring in, a free college education is more than enough. Not to mention room, board, tutoring, books.
This post was edited on 10/23/08 at 9:04 pm
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Posted on 10/23/08 at 8:58 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Posted on 10/23/08 at 8:58 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Posted on 10/23/08 at 8:59 pm to LSUTANGERINE
scholarship
Posted on 10/23/08 at 8:59 pm to LSUTANGERINE
no
Posted on 10/23/08 at 8:59 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Nothing over the top, below 10k...but yes.
Posted on 10/23/08 at 9:00 pm to LSUTANGERINE
They make $50,000 a year. it's called a scholarship and room and board
Posted on 10/23/08 at 9:01 pm to Volvagia
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Nothing over the top, below 10k...but yes.
No way. And if they did this, I would vote that they had to have at least a 3.5 GPA. Which no one would have, so problem solved.
Posted on 10/23/08 at 9:01 pm to BayouBengals03
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I would vote that they had to have at least a 3.5 GPA. Which no one would have, so problem solved.
Posted on 10/23/08 at 9:02 pm to Volvagia
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Nothing over the top, below 10k...but yes.
I agree with this.
Most don't have enough time to work.
Posted on 10/23/08 at 9:02 pm to usc6158
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They make $50,000 a year. it's called a scholarship and room and board
:kige:
They are paid already
Posted on 10/23/08 at 9:03 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Pay them minimum wage for their practice time and game time, etc... band members and other auxiliary student personnel get paid at a lot of schools.
Posted on 10/23/08 at 9:04 pm to Volvagia
quote:agree, a set line across the board though.... no cost of living bs
Nothing over the top, below 10k...but yes.
Posted on 10/23/08 at 9:04 pm to LSUBoo
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band members and other auxiliary student personnel get paid at a lot of schools.
Do they also get free tuition, room, board etc? If so, then I disagree with them getting paid as well.
Posted on 10/23/08 at 9:05 pm to SuperSaint
They should be allowed to market themselves, sign shoe/clothing deals, recieve a portion of the money from their own jersey sales, things like that.
Posted on 10/23/08 at 9:07 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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Do they also get free tuition, room, board etc? If so, then I disagree with them getting paid as well.
What the frick does that matter?
It's about the extra time they put in on behalf of the university as opposed to an average student just going to classes.
Someone on an academic scholarship but no extracuriculars still has plenty of time to work part-time that athletes and some other students don't have.
Besides, not even all athletes are on scholarship.
Posted on 10/23/08 at 9:09 pm to LSUBoo
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Besides, not even all athletes are on scholarship.
thats the only thing i don't agree with. all athletes should be on full/equal scholarship.
Posted on 10/23/08 at 9:10 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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Do they also get free tuition, room, board etc? If so, then I disagree with them getting paid as well.
Oh, and I did... and I got paid.
But believe me, what I was paid to be in the LSU band was nothing close to what I would have made in a student worker job or waiting table, etc... nowhere close.
Posted on 10/23/08 at 9:10 pm to LSUBoo
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Besides, not even all athletes are on scholarship.
Which is one of the major reasons scholarship limits suck
Posted on 10/23/08 at 9:46 pm to usc6158
Just because USC pays there athletes doesn't mean it's right.. 
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