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<blockquote data-quote="dressedcheeseside" data-source="post: 429520" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>They sign a deal that says they get a tuition free education, room, board, books, tutoring, preferred scheduling and many other perks at a top shelf school they wouldn't likely get into otherwise. They get all this in exchange for playing football which includes practices, meetings, workouts and performing in front of live and televised audiences. True, the school is making money off of them, but sharing that money wasn't part of the deal.</p><p></p><p>I started GT on a NROTC scholarship. The deal I signed up for basically gave me a tuition free education as long as I maintained certain parameters in exchange for 4 years of military service in the Navy as a commissioned officer post graduation. (Unlike football players, I had to get into school on my own credentials in competition with other regular students.) True, the school wasn't making money off of me, there were no tv contracts so that people could watch me marching in formation wearing my uniform. However, I would not have turned down the scholly if they were and I wouldn't be demanding money after I signed a deal that did not include such provisions.</p><p></p><p>If these guys have a beef with the current system, easy, don't enter it. Imo, it's more than fair the way it is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dressedcheeseside, post: 429520, member: 77"] They sign a deal that says they get a tuition free education, room, board, books, tutoring, preferred scheduling and many other perks at a top shelf school they wouldn't likely get into otherwise. They get all this in exchange for playing football which includes practices, meetings, workouts and performing in front of live and televised audiences. True, the school is making money off of them, but sharing that money wasn't part of the deal. I started GT on a NROTC scholarship. The deal I signed up for basically gave me a tuition free education as long as I maintained certain parameters in exchange for 4 years of military service in the Navy as a commissioned officer post graduation. (Unlike football players, I had to get into school on my own credentials in competition with other regular students.) True, the school wasn't making money off of me, there were no tv contracts so that people could watch me marching in formation wearing my uniform. However, I would not have turned down the scholly if they were and I wouldn't be demanding money after I signed a deal that did not include such provisions. If these guys have a beef with the current system, easy, don't enter it. Imo, it's more than fair the way it is. [/QUOTE]
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