Answer:
The average FBS scholarship is worth $36,070, and that's just the cost of tuition and boarding.
College Football players that are on scholarship are receiving a free education, along with free
meals and boarding. Jeffrey Dorman, a economics professor at the University of Georgia, wrote in
Forbes magazine that a college football scholarship is worth up to $125,000 if you include tuition,
boarding, nutrition, and the coaching the players receive. Even with free tuition, people still argue
that the players deserve to be paid. College Athletes should not be paid because their already
getting paid with a free education, rooming, and free meals. First of all, college athletes have
several expenses paid for outside of school, like food, training, and facilities. All of these expenses
would have to be paid by the players if they weren't on scholarship. Jeffrey Dorman said that a
college athletic scholarship is worth from $50,000-$125,000. Dorman served on the athletic board
at the University of Georgia and he said, "Some people are aware enough to realize that student
athletes on athletic scholarship are essentially paid already because they receive free tuition, room,
meal plans, and some money for books and miscellaneous expenses. At the bigger, more
successful universities, athletes also receive academic counseling, tutoring, life skill training, and
even nutritional advice." Even though the athletes don't receive $50,000-$125,000 in cash, they are
getting paid at least that amount in other ways. Unlike what most people think, the majority of
college athletic departments either break even or lose money every year. Forbes Magazine
reported in 2012 that only 23 out of 228 division one athletic programs ran a surplus. If only 23
teams had a surplus of money it impossible for every school to be able to pay their players. To
make up for the lack of money, student's tuitions would be raised, ticket and merchandise prices
would rise, and faculty and staff of the university would receive a pay cut. All of these actions that
are meant to free up more money for the athletes would cause an uproar among students and
fans. Therefore, if the money isn't available to pay the athletes there would be no perfect way to
come up with more money. Even if the money was there, their would be equity issues that are
inevitable. Schools would run into serious issues. Do all players get paid the same? The players
would argue that it's not fair for the starters and bench players to get paid the same. Do only the
revenue making sports get paid? In most schools, only football and men's basketball makes money
because of this the extra revenue that they make goes to other teams, but if the extra revenue is
going to paying players the other sports that will plummet. Do all school have to pay players the
same amount? Georgia Southern won't be able to pay the same amount that Alabama can.
