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Originally posted by ktsnake
I mean honestly, they earn literally millions of $ for the school, especially in Big 12 schools like Nebraska, Oklahoma, A&M, etc.
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Actually at Nebraska, the Athletic Department budget it completely separate from the rest of the university. The money the AD makes stays in the AD. This makes the AD completely self sufficient and allows them to finance many womens sports as well as the men's sports that aren't self sufficient.
Now being here in NE, I'm getting a lot more info on the arguements. 1st the law would be on the books if it passes, but would not go into effect until at least three other states with Big 12 Schools pass similar laws. 2nd I personally think that a little stipend is acceptable, so that they can get by month to month. However in order to keep things fair the checks need to come directly from the NCAA which has the money ($6 billion from CBS to broadcast March Madness, $535 million from ABC just to broadcast the 4 BCS bowls). I think this is the only way to make sure that each school gives the same amount and that small schools are not punished by not being able to pay as much as the bigger schools. Plus football schools won't be hurt compared basketball schools (it obviously is way different to pay the 95 guys on the football team than the 14 on the basketball team.)
Also having the NCAA pay doesn't penalize the big schools who have a much larger number of athletes than a smaller school. (The comparison between Nebraska and Creighton is good example.)
How much should the stipend be? I say no more than $75 a month. I could easily stretch that particularly if I had training table meals for free all week.