Paying college athletes seems to be a major topic every couple of years.

The last time I remember was when a football team was talking about forming some type of union.

As was pointed out by several sports attorneys at that time,trying to pay student athletes opens up a Pandora's Box.

A few things I remember from the last time:

1.Most conversations center on paying men's football and basketball players.
Under Title IX, you'd have to pay all D1 athletes,in all sports.

2.If a University is paying players,they become employees.
Now you have to deal with unions,benefits,same as any other employee.

3.If athletes do get paid,it is quite possible that tuition,room board etc. could be considered "taxable income".

Endorsement contracts,rights to using a player's images etc.,that fall outside
of the school may be workable.
I just don't see schools wading into the morass of paying athletes.

So you are saying that tution, room and board, travel, incidentals is not compensation? They are earning money and compensation! Remember, not all compensation is green and in honor of dead men.

Except for football and men's and women's basketball,most athletes don't come close to getting a full scholarship.

The NCAA sets the number of scholarships for each sport.
In wrestling there are 10 weight classes.
Most teams have 2-3 wrestlers per weight class.
The NCAA allots a total of 9 scholarships,that can be "split".
That's not a lot of money to go around.

I played soccer and wrestled on the D1 level.
Never got any scholarship money.

For me anyway,a full ride would have been more then enough compensation.

My point is,the majority of D1 athletes don't get 4 years of full tuition,room and board.
In my case at least,playing 2 D1 sports with no scholarship money,a full ride would have been sweet and all I would ask for.

And my point is the Athletes that are getting these "endorsements" are going to be the ones on full scholarship. These same athletes are already getting free meals at any restaurant in town and many other perks. So, athletes are not really going to benefit here, only the select few.

I do not care what is in the UNC hand-book or the NCAA regulations, I am just telling you that if you think that the bigger players pay for stuff around campus you are fooling yourself. Been there, done that, witnessed this multiple times.