The Worth of the College Athlete

This year an advocacy group the national college players association came out with a study on the average worth of college athletes.  the numbers they came up with were astounding.  The average college football player is worth $121,000 while the average college basketball player is worth $265,000.  What is truly incredible is that with the worth of these athletes being so high they still receive no money for their worth.  the universities receive all the money while the athletes take all the risk.  Obviously tuition does not cost over 100,000 dollars so it is obvious that this is a feasible thing to accomplish for most schools.  It is a reasonable thing to ask that college student receive tuition for income they bring to the school. If not they may resort to other things to receive money to go to school and pay for a room and food.  lets stop this atrocity of universities taking advantage of college athletes.  

Earnings of Major College Football Programs

In the collegiate football world many schools are making millions of dollars from there student athletes.  These Schools are limited by the NCAA to only allow for 63 full scholarships to be dulled out with the average collegiate roster being around 125 players.  However these restrictions take advantage of  the nearly 50% of student athletes whom do not receive scholarships for the work they provide for the university.  Below is a chart of the twelve most earning programs annual income in college football in 2009 from Forbs.com(http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/22/most-vaulable-college-football-teams-business-sports-college-football_slide.html)


Texas Longhorns                        $59 million


Notra Dame Fighting Irish               $38 million


Penn State Nittany Lions                 $50 million


Nebraska Cornhuskers                    $50 million


Alabama Crimson Tide                   $38 million


Florida Gators                               $41 million 


Louisiana State’s Tigers                  $39 million


Ohio State Buckeyes                        $36 million


Georgia Bulldogs                           $45 million


Oklahoma Sooners                        $40 million


Michigan Wolverines                      $34 million


South Carolina Gamecocks             $37 million


According to CollegeBoard.com(http://www.collegeboard.com/student/pay/add-it-up/4494.html) the average collage tuition cost about 36 thousand dollars annually.  with a total of 125 players at 36 thousand dollars the total around 4.5 million dollars.   These programs as shown above are creating more than enough revenue to provide complete scholarships to all athletes practicing, playing and butting their bodies on the line for these programs.  The only way this can be done is that if the major programs of the country succeed from the NCAA and its guidelines and create a new set of rules and regulations for the major college football programs in america that allow for the entire team to receive a free education.  And the fact that it has not been done yet is a travesty. 

Mission Statement

The mission of this blog is to inform the public on the atrocities of collegiate football, and its players in the US.  Many of the programs in the Collegiate Football world make multi-million dollar earnings every year.  These earnings come from the players whom receive no compensation. This blog will not only discuss the issues, but also give solutions to these problems in the Collegiate Football world.