[utahman19]

Quote: Originally Posted by awill25

Not entirley accurate. That legislation was proposed, but not yet passed. And not likely to get passed regardless of what you may read. As far as payment goes, I was a college athlete and was just fine with not getting paid....at the time. In retrospect, I absolutely feel I, along with my teammates should have been. Unless you have played at a high level or been associated with a college program in some cpacity, I feel it is hard to understand the extreme demands placed on college athletes. To illustrate this, I will provide an example of a Monday schedule from my freshman year. 7:30am - 8:30am: Wake up/Breakfast 9:00am-9:50am: Class 10:00am-10:50am: Class 11:00am-12:15pm: Weight Room 12:15pm-1:00pm: Lunch 1:00pm-2:15pm: Tutor 3:00pm-3:40pm: Individual Workouts 4:30pm-5:30pm: Pickup 5:30pm-6:30pm: Dinner 6:30pm-9:00pm: Class That schedule is right off the sheet I have kept for 10 years. So unless you have lived it...you can't possibly understand those types of demands.

Yeah, I just can't possibly understand. Not at all.

8:00am class
9:30 work
12:00 lunch
12:30 work
3:00 class
4:00 class
5:00 class
6:00 dinner - something quick that I have to make myself
6:30 homework - no free tutor

No scholarship. No free meals. No free tutors. No free housing. No free books. And the University makes money off of every student, not just athletes. Research brings more money into a University than athletics ever will, and those research students don't make anything either.

They do it for the experience and exposure that will help them in their chosen field. Why should athletes be any different?