After watching 60 Minutes this past Sunday I got to thinking
             about that age-old subject as to whether college athletes
             should be paid funds in addition to just their sports
             scholarship? The program brought out the facts of how the NCAA
             is a billion dollar business but the students make nothing
             other than what the NCAA gives them for four or five years and
             then tells them to move on. I'm going to run down the facts on
             this subject and let you decide if a scholarship is fair
             compensation to players.
             I've written stories in the past such as whether athletes
             should go to college or the pros first and the double standard
             between players and coaches. The NCAA is a billion dollar
             business with Notre Dame leading the way making $3 million
             dollars a football game. Notre Dame leads the way with their
             television deal but teams like Michigan put 100,000 fans every
             game in their stadiums and the Southeastern Conference teams
             pack their stadiums to capacity every game. Without sports
             what other event would pack these stadiums to capacity and
             make so much money for these schools. That easily brings in
             over a million dollars per school with the price of tickets,
             food, souvenirs and parking to attend the games.
             Brit Kirwan, president of Ohio State and chairman of the NCAA
             Board of Directors, says he thinks that athletes should be
             playing for the college degree rather than the money they can
             make from it. Please give me a break on that statement. I...