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You want to "subsidize" current college athletes with the by Irishdog80
"market demand" earnings of others. Pick a lane. And nothing wrong with being a Socially Liberal/Fiscal Conservative like most Independent voters in America.
Long term, if D1 college football players get paid like some on here are saying, it will all boil down to 25-30 college teams playing high minor league feeder level football and waning interest in the rest of the programs. Half empty stadiums at those programs with people paying $5-10 per ticket to watch games between a bunch of no name/nondescript players. Non-revenue sports will become club level for most schools. And I'm not even going down the path of concerns about concussions and other injuries impacting the sport of football in general. It's a slippery slope.