Flawed logic

In the media today, you see a lot of writers pushing for college athletes to get paid. They do get paid! They get a considerable scholarship, plus room and board and other things. All in all, it amounts to a considerable amount of money.

"But (these commentators say), the schools are profiting hugely by the work of these students, so they ought to be compensated." So what?! If a man signs up to work for a company as a designer for $100,000 and is involved in developing s product that makes billions of dollars for the company, he still gets paid his salary. That is what he agreed to work for, and that is what he gets. Why should a college athlete be any different?

I will grant you that a lot of these college athletes' educations do not really do them much good, because they are phoney-baloney educations and no employer in his right mind is going to hire them to do an actual job. But if the kids would work hard and go to class, they would get their degree and be prepared to hold down a job.