By Clint Younts
Hey, what do all y’all think about paying college athletes? I hear there’s been a lot of talk lately on ESPN and other sports channels about it. I haven’t heard a whole lot about the pros and cons from the so-called experts since my TV has a tendency to change channels as soon as I nod off during a commercial break. One minute I’m listening to an interview with Nick Saban about paying college football players, and then I close my eyelids for a two-minute break and awaken to the sound of New Jersey housewives whining about their botched boob jobs.
What I’ve read on the internet and some real newspapers is that some college athletes think they should be compensated for playing sports. Millions of dollars are earned by schools every year from having successful athletic programs, so why shouldn’t the athletes get a cut from these television contracts and ticket sales? Because they aren’t professionals, that’s why!
