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Message: [QUOTE="weyuo, post: 3147285, member: 514"] What kills me is every time I hear that these kids aren't getting paid I have to wonder why all the non athletes at UConn are shelling out thousands to attend the same school. They have to pay for their own books, food, medical expenses, transportation and don't get a free national TV stage to audition for potential employers. The average UConn student doesn't have state of the art physical training facilities yet part of their tuition pays for the upkeep for those who do. I don't buy this pay the players nonsense. If you want to pay them as an employee then Let them pay the school back for their cost once they leave early, get booted for violations and under performing. Let them pay the school back for expensive medical surgeries that the average student and/or their parents have to pay for. Add up what free housing, tuition, books, tutors, food, state of the art health care, transportation, training facilities and weekly auditions on national TV for perspective employers costs and trell me they aren't already getting paid. Oh, and throw a four year college degree in as icing on the cake. I think they get paid plenty already. And for any student athlete that thinks they should get paid cash on top of everything else they get for free from the school just think of the alternative. Where would you be without the scholarship? Start paying players and less schools will be able to compete and will eventually drop the sport(s). Less sports means less scholarships means less free rides. Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it and the consequences. [/QUOTE]

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