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[QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 4654938, member: 591"]
I'm not sure it can be disputed that college athletes are exploited for the gain of the institution.

My argument is 2-fold -

First, if student athletes are to be treated fairly and fairly compensated - well, why on earth should a school offer the athletic opportunities?  Let's just have athletes go from high school to pro or semi-pro leagues.  Considering how much of college athletics is supported by your and my tax dollar, why would I want some of my tax dollar to go to compensating what amounts to a semi-pro team at my local University?  I really don't want that any more than I want to make tax donations to the nearest NBA or NFL team.

And, if fair compensation is what the student athlete wants, then they should want to divorce from academic institutions.  You already note that athletes are not students first - and some, at least, really are not students at all (while others certainly are).  Form leagues as I note above, raise the money to pay Geno and Nick Saban and all the rest the ridiculous salaries they earn and go from there.
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