re: What coach in his right mind would come out and say that he's against...

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There is nothing 'moral' or 'immoral' inherently about paying a college athlete to play a sport. Once you add the rule of "pay is not allowed in forms x, y, and z" then you create moral hazard but when having the discussion of whether someone should be paid or not, moral implications are not involved.

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figures you didn't get the point. Did not say paying or not paying was the moral question, the moral question is does a coach say something he doesn't believe just to look good to a prospect

Please read the OP's question again. My answer is about the coach who may not support paying players