Sharing the Wealth

[NightSwimmer]

More for college athletes: not if, but how

By RACHEL COHEN and RALPH D. RUSSO
AP Sports Writers

The head of the NCAA now supports a stipend for athletes to cover costs beyond tuition, books and fees, and both coaches in Monday's BCS championship between No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama spoke in support of the idea in the days before the game.

The question is no longer whether to cut athletes a check, it's how best to do that.

 

[LeRoy_Was_Here]

So getting a free college education isn't good enough? I had to pay for virtually all of my college education, despite having a National Merit Scholarship. But I guess athletes are more 'deserving', somehow.

 

[NightSwimmer]

So getting a free college education isn't good enough? I had to pay for virtually all of my college education, despite having a National Merit Scholarship. But I guess athletes are more 'deserving', somehow.

I'm not advocating this -- I'm merely reporting it. I am of the opinion that the US provides far too little financial support to all of our deserving students who can't afford a college education.