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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 132026265" data-attributes="member: 1428007">The only “ compensation“ athletes currently receive is a couple thousand dollars in “ extra benefits” depending on which school/state you attend.&nbsp; And that is just a few years old now.&nbsp; Schools exchanging paper only money for room board books etc never touches the athletes hands.&nbsp; So no they aren’t being compensated at an equitable rate for what they are providing.&nbsp; They are getting a bare minimum to provide everything they have from money to time to their bodies to the university— that is until lawsuits were filed and via a lengthy court process they’ve been able to gain the ability to earn money off their own name and likeness rather than other entities such as the schools being able to, but not themselves.If a regular student that contributes nothing close to the same benefits to a university wants to get paid for providing a service to the School, are they told to work for free for for years and then you’ll have the chance to make money afterwards?&nbsp; Of course not.&nbsp; That is illegal.The fact remains that the student athletes are only receiving a tiny fraction of the billions they are bringing in.&nbsp; And slowly but surely that is changing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 132026265, member: 1428007"] The only “ compensation“ athletes currently receive is a couple thousand dollars in “ extra benefits” depending on which school/state you attend. And that is just a few years old now. Schools exchanging paper only money for room board books etc never touches the athletes hands. So no they aren’t being compensated at an equitable rate for what they are providing. They are getting a bare minimum to provide everything they have from money to time to their bodies to the university— that is until lawsuits were filed and via a lengthy court process they’ve been able to gain the ability to earn money off their own name and likeness rather than other entities such as the schools being able to, but not themselves. If a regular student that contributes nothing close to the same benefits to a university wants to get paid for providing a service to the School, are they told to work for free for for years and then you’ll have the chance to make money afterwards? Of course not. That is illegal. The fact remains that the student athletes are only receiving a tiny fraction of the billions they are bringing in. And slowly but surely that is changing. [/QUOTE]

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