Indy5 wrote:classb, I see where your coming from with all the factors. I'm saying pay each player the same. Establish a "cost of living" meter and pay that. I just feel a lot of these kids that come from poor families still really struggle. The education is great and they might be the first ones to get to go to college, but that still doesn't help them live while they are there. They need SOME money and if their families can't help and they can't have jobs, I don't see where it'll come from.
yep, I agree, you'd have to pay everyone the same regardless of sport, or conference. The SEC, Pac 12, etc...would outspend the other smaller conf's in order to get the best athletes. It would be a HUGE recruiting tool, and believe me, they would use the difference in pay to pull players. The playing field would have to be level. The checks could be distributed by the conf office and take the schools out of it completely.
Some have suggested it would open a Pandora's box....by paying them? Does anyone think keeping them broke, and unable to have a job somehow "removes" the temptation from taking extra benefits from rich boosters? If anything, it increases the cheating.