Oh I agree, those kids are failed by the system far before they reach college. But for the majority of the student athletes, the education is important.

If booster's are willing to pay their current athletes for performace to raise the image of their university, would they not be willing to pay former athletes to recant their testimony in order to restore the image of their university?

They are given the opportunity at an education, they must themselves choose if they wish to learn. They shouldn't be given the option to not learn, but people care more about winning than their students so they provide tutors and others to do the work for them. The current system is the correct system, but in order…

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Not sure how I have changed your point, but i'll make this as simple as possible for you. You said that the kids are missing out on opportunities that non-athlete students get because of their heavy workload. I said that there are plenty of students with similar workloads who end up fine. Either way, the internet is a…

I'd hope you are trolling. Do you not understand how statistics work? You said football players work more hours at practice than any other students so they deserve special treatment. I said that 15% of undergrads, near 2.8 million students across the nation work the same amount of hours as football players practice…

According to a 2011 U.S. census report about 15% of the 19.7 million undergraduates work 35 hours or more per week. And about 30% of undergraduates worked between 20 and 35 hours per week. I'd say ~15% (around 3 million) is much larger than the percentage of football players considering there are only about 500,000…

Unlike the regular student not on scholarship working 30-50 hours per week at an actual job, on top of studies.

I'd say $60,000 in tuition plus $24,000 for rent and bills over 4 years is plenty of payment. This is assuming a 7.5k per semester (which is low) and rent/bills of 500$ per month (which is also low). Not to mention costs of having every meal free on campus. If they decide to eat off campus and spend their own money…