re: Those of you who are calling for JHC's head....

This is an interesting topic...I can relate to in many ways...

Anesthesia school cost around 185K dollars with living expenses factored in, of course you can't work so you have to borrow because you are studying 65 to 85 hrs a week outside of class time. During clinicals you bring a profit to your specific program of about 400K dollars in services you complete on behalf of the program as a student. This doesn't even delve in the realm of "opportunity" cost missed. when all is said and done the school profits about 480K dollars off of each student. You persevere and don't complain because when you graduate you make great earnings with a title that is well respected...

When all is said and done, who knows how much society is benefiting from your services, and not by the way of entertainment...my point is....Should a professional student be paid for their services? In my case, even at an extremely reduced rate, the school would have to pay me to go to their program when all the numbers were crunched.....

IMHO...athletes that are not going to universities to get degrees, to better their minds and life, should have other options, like a semi-pro league that pays them and is a ladder to the NFL. Yes, the quality of play would decrease for the universities, because, ... the reason why is obvious....but everything in life is relative...so, those wanting to be entertained could watch semi-pro ball and others could watch their alma mater's scholastic athletes dedicate their sweat and pain for something more than earning a paycheck,(in the end they might go pro, who knows) and the others can just play ball...maybe they will make it to the big league....

I'd be interested to see if all the Universities adopted this, would there even be a decrease in profits, and over a stabilization period I wonder if the positive might actually outweigh the negative

There could even be special games between leagues and universities....