The disparity between what the scholarships are worth and the amount of money that these student athletes bring to their universities is appalling. These students are taking the time that most students work part time at near minimum wage and laying it all on the line for their university varsity team. Everyone agrees that most universities have been less than stellar at graduating high profile student athletes. Why not tie the two together to achieve a common goal?
While college athletes are by no means entitled to 5 digit incomes for their participation, colleges in good academic standing should be allowed to offer modest stipends to players who are succeeding academically. While I dont want to start a name calling war, many have observed that some of the universities with the worst student athlete academic record are considered the elite teams in college football.
By rewarding teams with a history of academic success for its athletes with a stipend for their student athletes, the smaller universities can gain on the recruiting gap between themselves and other universities with a big name but no academic record to back it up.
In the wide audience varsity sports scholarships are par for the course. Scholarships are revoked if schools fall under a certain bar, set by the NCAA. Instead of focusing on the worst offenders, this concept focuses on the best achievers.
The ability to offer stipends should be reviewed regularly, and the standards need to be kept nearly as high as the standards for revoking scholarships is low. The burden of proof to take away a scholarship is on the NCAA; to prove the university does not deserve its regular allotment of scholarships. The burden of proof for the stipends should be on the teams; to prove they have the academic record to merit them.
This is what I think. I am done ranting for now; it has been too long without a game
Please point out my fallacies below.
Ben Prather
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