BIG ERN

Saban should be making $24M annually? 

This staff is underpaid yet people think it would be unfair to pay athletes because they get a free education.  

I don't think it's an issue of being fair or not. Of course without the players the CFB cash cow would dry up for a lot of programs. But, I think the issue is if we're going to treat it like an amateur sport or if it's going to be a paid professional gig. I don't really care but we've already got the NFL (which I like much less than CFB) so I'd rather it stay amatuer student athletes. If a $45,000 per year education isn't good enough for the players then they can choose to do something else.