[Stardust]

I am going to disagree with most on here. I think they should get some kind of weekly allowance. Yes I know they get school paid for and free dorms and special tutors but kids on academic schollys can get those too. But there is one huge difference there. Kids on full athletic schollys, like the players at UK, can not have jobs. They can not go and work anywhere. They are still kids and kids like to go to the movies and buy things. I think weekly allowances comparable to minimum wage jobs would be fine. Make it a standard rate that all schools have to follow. But thinking about it, I am sure some schools will bend the rules.

So, how can Pikeville college, where the college loses money on sports (as a matter of debate, over 50% of all D1 schools lose money on sports), hod do you pay those kids?

A school like UK can make as much as $12M on sports (Basketball and Football make close to $40M, and then pay for every other sport at the school that ALL lose money), where a school like Mississippi State loses money, which obviously means they cannot pay a single dime more for posts, much less pay every single player in their athletic programs.