[Cobra Mgr]

Originally Posted by Boomcoach

I think that allowing athletes to sell autographs or make money from jerseys may be feasible with controls (not letting a booster pay $50k for an autograph or shirt) but I think that paying the athletes is not as simple as people think.

While there is a lot of money involved in college sports, few of the major programs actually turn a profit from football. The big state schools all get millions of dollars from their states to cover losses in the programs.

Colleges don't need to pay players. They just need to stop preventing them from making money.