re: New Georgia law legalizing college athlete endorsements allows schools to take athletes $$

It doesn't really matter how much the players can make off endorsements. The universities absorb the financial risk upfront by investing in those players - for whatever reason. The players who you consider to be exceptions are the ones that would actually make money. How much money did Tim Tebow bring to Florida by wearing their uniform and performing the way he did? How much money could he have made from Nike while he was still in school? Hard to say, but I'd wager it's far more than his scholarship.

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Legitimate endorsements? On par with the costs of their attendance.

Pay for play? Sky is the limit.

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You keep shifting the argument. Honestly, I think all of this opens the door to more problems with collegiate football and other sports. But I'm trying to look at this from the standpoint of the athletes (the workers). A lot of entities (the schools, ESPN, the NCAA) are making incredible amounts of money in this system and off the names and performances of certain players, yet we tell the players that they're to remain amateurs.