But who really capitalizes when Ron Dayne leads his team to a National Championship? To Dayne, "Paid Off" in no way means he will receive a check from the University of Wisconsin. Under current NCAA regulations, "all student athletes are prohibited from receiving any payment for their efforts". Exploited athletes generate millions of dollars for their schools, and never see a dime. Is this fair?

College sports are big business. Every single day, universities succeed in coaxing the general public into believing that the kindred and pure spirit of amateur athletics serves as the main catalyst for their respective universities desire to field a good team. However, in reality the common motivation for these universities is nothing other that the almighty dollar. Fo

Think about it, Spurrier can earn these bonuses only if his players perform at a championship level. THE PLAYERS. They're the one's who have to sweat, work, and win. These are the same "employees" who will not receive bonuses for reaching any of the goals of Spurrier's contract. The ones who fill the stadiums full of fans, the ones who people yell at when they drop a pass and the ones that people cheer for when they score the game-winning touchdown. The same people who are forced to be content with what they have, because they have no opportunity at this time to get more.

According to research by Notre Dame economist Richard G. Sheehan, at least three-college football teams; Michigan, Florida, and Notre Dame, are each worth more than the NFL's Detroit Lions. Our Michigan Wolverines are worth an estimated $225 million. In 1997, when the Wolverines earned a Rose Bowl bid, they were paid $15 million for participating in the game, which was sponsored by AT&T6. That is not including the money the university profited by sales of tickets, tee shirts, and other souvenirs.

While student-athletes have no legal way to earn money, often they try to pursue their careers elsewhere. An above-average division one college basketball player, such as Michigan's Louis Bullock last season is offered the opportunity to go to the CBA or another European League and make a good living. While the average graduation rate is about 58 percent, basketball players have a 45 percent graduation rate, or 13 percentage points lower. Though better than basketball players, football players are graduating at 52 percent, six percentage points lower than the average student is.

The NCAA does not allow their athletes to hold jobs because the job issue has ramifications on recruiting. The NCAA believes some schools would have an unfair recruiting advantage over other schools. That one school could offer a recruit a better job opportunity than another. There is an issue that jobs in different locations would pay athletes different salaries. Walter Byers, who advocated an overhaul of college sports, deregulating the system and treating athletes like other students says, "The reasoning behind this one is that an athlete at Alabama might not earn as much working in a Tuscaloosa men's clothing store as a USC player could earn as an apprentice stagehand in a Hollywood studio."

Yes, a scholarship is a form of payment. A scholarship is nice, but it is not enough. A scholarship will not pay the bills. A scholarship will not feed a child. Life wouldn't be so hard for many of the student-athletes if they were permitted to hold jobs. But the NCAA does not permit scholarship players to be employed during the school year. During the summer, these athletes are forced to train, practice, and compete in order to keep their roster position. This leaves little time to earn money.

But I ask what about those kids that he leads into battle each week. The same kids who risk injury and failure. The

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