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This question is one of the hardest to answer.

I have always believed that it is very hard for the NCAA to determine HOW to pay the athletes if they ever did.
Do you have a flat sum of money that you provide them?
Do you evenly divide the money to schools to give out as "extra scholarship" for the student to use?

What about players like Tim Tebow and players like Dickie Lyons? Would they recieve different sums of money? If so, how do you prevent NCAA football from turning into a money grab where athletes forget the game and try for personal accolades or money? Would the same thing happen if it was based on jersey sales or personal accolades like the Heisman?

Do you give contracts? A player has a maximum of 4 playing years, basically. Do you give them a set amount of money per game? Do they sign a contract at the beginning and get a set amount over the 4 years? Can they have multiple contracts during their tenure? Can they sign 2, 2-year contracts? 1, 1-year and 1 3-year? Would a player be bound to their contract? Could they still declare for the draft and leave, or would they have to buy out their own contracts?

What about the different sports, like water polo, tennis, etc... Do they get a certain pay scale?

SOOOO many questions about HOW to do it, much less should they do it. That is why I have never thought too hard about whether or not they should get paid.