# Should student athletes be paid?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-student-athletes-be-paid/716922>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 5, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-student-athletes-be-paid/716922 "2015-04-05T22:48:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-student-athletes-be-paid/716922/101 "2015-04-24T17:40:51Z")

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> [@sciurophobic](#):
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> I just don’t think they need to be paid more than any other student with an on campus job)

Not to be too dramatic but that is quite possibly the perfect solution. The linebacker gets paid exactly as much as the person stocking shelves in the bookstore.

What do we do now with the “excess” millions the football program brings in

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**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-student-athletes-be-paid/716922/102 "2015-04-24T17:49:51Z")

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> [@Robert163](#):
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> Not to be too dramatic but that is quite possibly the perfect solution. The linebacker gets paid exactly as much as the person stocking shelves in the bookstore.
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> What do we do now with the “excess” millions the football program brings in

I’m sure there’s some adjunct professors on food stamps who might have an idea or two.

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**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-student-athletes-be-paid/716922/103 "2015-04-24T17:57:18Z")

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> [@sciurophobic](#):
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> I’m sure there’s some adjunct professors on food stamps who might have an idea or two.

If we were on Reddit I’d vote that post up

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