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Those people are at the tops of their respective careers. The college athlete is more akin to an intern than those you listed. Many internships are not paid, I know I wasnt when I interned at the state capital. Should I of demanded the same wage as the Governor was getting?
The highest paid NFL salaries make those you cherry picked look like chump change. The players right now are interning for those NFL jobs. In the meantime they're compensated handsomely in ways I only wish I was. Must be a hard life being the man on campus and on the football team with no student loan debt to worry about and girls falling over themselves to get at you. Poor saps.
I thought the same exact thing. I wish I could have interned for free AND got a free ride through my entire college career. I think these kids are compensated very well for what they bring the the schools they play for. No places that I know of will offer you free on job training (playing college football in the case) with a nice back up plan (college degree) in case that falls through. I can get behind the stipend thing because, as posted before, most graduate students get free education with a stipend so why can't that model work for college athletes at well? Just my line of thinking.