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Originally Posted by KSig RC

Saying athletes earn "nothing" in exchange for their services is silly hyperbole, to the point of being borderline retarded behavior.

Athletes may not receive cash value equal to what they earn for their teams (then again, obviously neither do Pro athletes, or the teams would be bankrupt), they certainly do get compensated - free tuition, room, board, books, stipend, plus additional benefits not available to student body at large.

Now, whether athletes take advantage of these things (or are put in the best situation to do so) is a different conversation - but when the value of a college degree over the course of a lifetime is estimated to be worth six figures or more ... well, we've reached your compensation figure from the last article already.

Football and basketball players at major programs are earning TONS of money for their schools, and likely not getting commensurate compensation, but it's irresponsible and stupid to claim they're getting "nothing" in return.

Ditto to this.