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Getting a grant for a school is different than making a profit from the football team. These players are tearing acls, getting concussions, etc, while bringing in millions, which I'm sure those grad students are doing the same thing.

Now you are changing the argument. You first said they should get paid because they bring money into the University. You also said that since football brings in the money, then football players should be the ones that get compensated.

NOW you are saying they should be compensated because they get injured. Don't basketball players, baseball players and other sports teams suffer injuries? So, you need to make up your mind. Do we compensate them because they bring money into the University? Or do we compensate all sports participants because they risk injury?

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Also you think the NCAA isn't a business??

I think the NCAA is a business. And that is precisely why they resist paying athletes. So they can continue to make money. If they don't make money they don't stay in business.

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Also, going to uga doesn't cost 150k.

University of Georgia domestic tuition

US$ 28,472 (2013)
Multiply that by four and see what you get.
$113,888. Now add in room and board and that and that runs about $28,000 for four years, you are realistically talking about $141,000.

As for your argument that most would get financial assistance? I would counter that MOST would not even go to college if it were not for football and their scholarships.
As for the HOPE Scholarship....how many of them do you think would qualify for it? Not many would be able to keep a "B" average, so they would lose it immediately.

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So all you guys acting like the scholarship is payment enough for bringing in millions is just stupid, especially when a school is recruiting a guy to come in and play football, not for their academics.

This is true...but the academics is there for the students benefit. that is the payment the student gets for playing football. That is like saying a business hires someone to work not to get paid. That is true...the pay is the benefit of doing what the business wants.

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if you have any fun and get caught, you could get screwed over in your football career, which is why you are coming to uga in the first place (marshall, mett, crowell)

Seriously? you are going to use two sexual deviants and a thief to make your point? In your world we should have turned a blind eye to what they did?