<p>I’m going to point out that we should be accurate when discussing how impoverished (or not) these student-athletes are. Not sure when, maybe in the seventies, after the laundry allowance was taken away. NCAA began allowing scholarship athletes to receive, in addition to their school-provided package, the full Pell Grant if they are eligible. That can run upwards of $5,000+ per year. Athletes are also eligible to draw from the NCAA’s Special Assistance Fund and the NCAA’s Opportunity Fund and/or couple merit awards with this full ride.</p>
<p>Anyone see Horsefeathers?Remember Professor Wagstaff: And I say to you gentlemen that this college is a failure. The trouble is we’re neglecting football for education.</p>
<p>Groucho satirized corrupt college and their student athletes in 1932.</p>