The university can be obligated as well. Rarely does the university pull a scholarship, anyway. Makes no sense.
So, is the only difference between college and high school players the fact that most college players are on scholarship and most high school players aren't. Does that separate the two or could high school players make the same claim? Seems to me that they could. What about the Golden Girls, Cheerleaders, LSU Band, etc. They all practice quite a bit with the team while also practicing for many hours on their own. What's the difference I wonder? This is just total BS in my opinion and could lead to an open can of worms.
The idea is that football is work that must be compensated for. It kind of begs the question....what is the value of a higher education? Is it and end in itself or a means to an end....Is it to make a better, more educated citizen or is it to get a better job ? Many non athlete students go into great debt to get the degree and they can't get jobs in Louisiana. $100,000 in debt and they make more money waiting tables or bartending in the French Quarter. People attach monetary value to education and say that is fair compensation. Many athletes don't place that same value on education. Heck most students don't. If they did, they'd study and graduate with high averages like I did. Most students don't. they're shlepping through college hoping that a piece of paper will translate into a better job. LSU makes way over $100 million dollars per year on the work of the football athletes who don't even get paid minimum wage for practice and game time. That's slavery...they get room and board and get to go to classes they don't want to go to. (OK maybe it's indentured servitude).
They sure are being recruited by the universities to do so...and it's not for their academic abilities...it's because theyir work provides $$$$. That's why certain schools manipulate their academic records to make them eligible and pay them under the table to go to Bama, I mean certain schools.
