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.
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