Everyone loves to trot out the Clemson and Alabama machines as example why all football players should be paid.
The issues get murkier after that.
What about FBS players from programs that lose money? (like most non-Power V programs; do they start a mega straight cash homey division for just Power V programs? because Kent State, New Mexico State, San Jose State, ODU, Tulane etc. aren't making money on their football programs)
If the solution is to reduce the size of FBS to the schools that can afford to pay the players, that creates issues unless Power V schools are only going to pay each other, and is it in the athletes interest if paying players results in fewer scholarship programs?
Shouldn't Bama be permitted/required to pay more to its players than WF does for its players? Bama generates exponentially more football revenue than WF. Why should there be any limit on what a school pays it players? Yes, that would make recruiting unfair, but recruiting is already unfair, and does it matter if recruiting isn't fair?
Also, why should Baker Mayfield, Nick Chubb or Jalen Hurts get paid the same as the 3rd string guard that is putting little effort into the program and generating no revenue for the school for his play (or for riding pine for five years). Shouldn't the players that truly generate the revenue get paid more, and why should the kid "just happy to get a scholly get a degree" get paid anything?
Why not make every college football and hoop player a free agent after each season, and he can go to the highest bidder each year? That way the market determines who gets paid and who does not otherwise it's inequitable as the few players that really drive the revenue train will always be underpaid and those that are along for the ride will be overpaid.
What about UCONN girls hoop? They generate more income then most D-1 men's hoop programs and more than some FBS football programs. Should we just pay the UCONN girls and no-one else in female college hoop? Same story for baseball, wrestling, hockey or soccer programs as a few select programs generate good money for their schools, while most do not, but can see why it would be unfair to pay Tyler Cameron (just to give an example of a WF football player that did nothing to generate revenue for his school and was fortunate to get a scholly), but to not pay WF national POY soccer player Jack Harrison who raised the school's profile while representing WF.
