re: $126,935 is the average annual cost of a Student-Athlete at Alabama.

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This includes Scholarship, travel expenses, athletic facilities, equipment, nutritional expenses, and general operating expenses. It doesn't include coaches salaries.

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I'm pretty positive that most people here have no idea what a scholarship entails. Let me break this bullshite down to you because none of this shite is a benefit.

Who the hell would ever claim that travel expenses are a benefit to the student athlete when the school is arranging the travel so that they can have their underpaid athletes/workers/sweatshop perform? If your company paid to have you fly to California to make a presentation on the companies behalf, is that a benefit to you or to the fricking company? Stop the dumb shite.

If your company had a cafeteria and a weight room. Is that your benefit or their benefit that you don't have to leave the facility to eat and you can stay healthy (or in this case bulk up) and work harder???

Do you really want me to believe that these schools that bulk these kids up, have them on supplements, now want to say that this is a fricking benefit? That's like a horse breeder, saying that the cost to breed is a benefit to the fricking horse???

Free education? That's bullshite. You are going to work your arse off. Your education is going to take a big hit as a result. Very few guys can get their education in 4 years while playing. So, who pays once the scholarship is gone? That same athlete who brought a shite load of money to the school will have to pay to complete their education. Who will pay the doctor bills 20 years later when that same athlete has arthritis, neural disorders, memory loss, bone loss? Please name me ONE athlete that got a job break because they played football? That's a fricking fallacy.

If you're not playing, the alumni don't give a shite. Why don't we have a "Where are they now", thread. Some of you would be shocked to know where your star players are today. It's not a pretty sight but you don't care to look.

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What exactly does this mean?Dormitories?Practice facilities?
Weight room?Academic centers for athletes?

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I’m guessing it means the overhead costs which I’m sure are very expensive

I love the new Tax Law. It lowered corporate taxes from 35% to 21%. The law really helps small business owners. But it did hurt charitable giving in many cases. Alumni contributions are no longer wholly tax deductible. Anyone with an average middle-class income wouldn't be able to write off the deduction and would end up paying more to give the same amount. If that makes any sense.

My guess is that while you may feel your former school owes you nothing,
there are other athletes who feel differently. One good class action lawsuit
could put all college sports on the chopping block.

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Very few guys can get their education in 4 years while playing.

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Actually, most student athletes who enroll year round get their degree in under 4 years. Unless you change your major or fail classes, it is hard not to get a degree in under 4 years with the required coarseload.

Any athlete who doesn't get their degree under 4 years is probably not made for college and doesn't care that he/she is not made for college. The degree has to mean something, and that is where the ol' college try has to come in.

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How many Fans are going to pay $125 per ticket plus extra expenses to watch "Joe Blow Average Athlete" play a sport just because he wears your favorite schools uniform.

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Hundreds of thousands more than will pay to watch better players at a semi-pro game.

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No, the normal student usually has things paid for by their parents.

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Looks like you are changing the subject. And you are still wrong. Student loans pay the majority of college expenses. The 2nd most is covered by scholarships. 3rd most would be parents.

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Service Academy students are told what to do, where to be and for how long. They do not have a lot of discretionary time to spend their money. Dating and partying is limited. My point is the military will pay for Serviceman to attend College while their on Active Duty and afterwards. They will be paid a salary while doing it and while on active duty they will have their health care paid for.

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I don't disagree with anything. But the only reason I brought up the academies is that the entire student body gets compensated. For ncaa div1 football players, they are better compensated (tax free stipends can put more in the athletes pocket than a college job in a college town competing in a labor force against 30,000 of your closest friends).

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A lot better alternative than your claim that College Football players are justly compensated

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I never used the words justly compensated. Just is in the eyes of the beholder. If a kid thinks he is worth more, then he should hold out and demand more. Good luck staying eligible as an amateur athlete.

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for having their heads scrambled for the good ole State U

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Again, you are changing the subject. The way you are turning this thread, foosball should be outlawed as it is the devil.

It is like smoking. No one is dumb. The risk is evident. Make your own bed and lie in it.
If that is crass and a poor attitude, then lobby to outlaw football for public safety and concern. It wouldn't be the first time in history that football has been banned for safety.

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Hundreds of thousands more than will pay to watch better players at a semi-pro game.

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I doubt there is a semi-pro team that could beat any Power 5 Team.

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I doubt there is a semi-pro team that could beat any Power 5 Team.

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That is probably because the kids going to college at a P5 school think their deal is just and fair. If they didnt, they are always welcome to the alternatives (semi-pro or cfl)

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Read the OP:
ust got an email from the Crimson Tide Foundation asking for more donations. In the email it shows how much it cost for a student-athlete.

"This includes Scholarship, travel expenses, athletic facilities, equipment, nutritional expenses, and general operating expenses.
It doesn't include coaches salaries. "

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I got the same email. It is specifically about the cost involved in running an athletic department.

Despite the rambling wall of text by the cluless Gator4lyfe, it does not claim that travel, etc. are benefits.

It's sole purpose is to point out that athletic departments are expensive to run and include many categories. Oh, and by the way, we'd appreciate some contributions to help all this out.

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That is probably because the kids going to college at a P5 school think their deal is just and fair. If they didnt, they are always welcome to the alternatives (semi-pro or cfl)

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Thinking college athletics is a better deal doesn’t equate to thinking it’s just and fair.