<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by pinniped:
College athletes are already very well paid in a wide variety of ways before, during, and after their college playing careers.
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Having a sister who walked onto an NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Team, I can assure you she wouldn't consider herself "very well paid". Possibly that is true in revenue generating sports (e.g., men's football & basketball), but less likely in the others. Her net gain out of an entire season was a pair of shoes and some serious eating at the training table with the football team.