Does anything compare to salary compensation of NCAA Football?

[plys]

I have always thought it is completely unfair that college athletes are not paid adequately for their contributions. After doing a little research, I am even more sure of this. Just two examples of the highest performing football organizations to show this point:

The Texas Longhorns made 87.6 million dollars from their football program, while "compensating" up to 85 scholarship players with somewhere between 400K and 1.2 Million in total scholarship money.

The Washington Redskins brought in 325 million dollars in the NFL with a salary cap of 128 Million.

So the highest performing NFL team paid their players roughly 40%of their revenue, while the highest performing collegiate team compensated their players somewhere in the 0.4%-1.3% of their revenue.

I was thinking perhaps only sweatshops can compare to these numbers, but now I am thinking even sweatshop workers take home a bigger piece of the pie.

Is there anything else in the world that compares to these discrepancies?

[reid]

Paying players would just turn it into a lower level NFL. People would always be asking for more, players would go to the highest bidder, Universities would have to hike up ticket prices, which would cause less fans to go. Why do you think some college stadiums have way more seats than any NFL stadium?

[chiram97]

Football in Europe those clubs over there like manchester united real madrid arsenal fc barcelona are worth at least 800 millions dollars and helps europe use the euro excluding the uk which use the pound

[piaras91]

My son is a college athlete (basketball), so I do understand the argument about paying players. However, I see too many problems with that idea.

Do you pay all players on the team the same?
Do you pay all athletes or only the sports that generate revenue?
Do all schools pay the same or can they out bid each other?

Only a small minority of schools generate the amount of revenue that you speak of. If they are the only ones who can pay, the gap between the "haves" & "have-nots" will grow.
It would be great if football and basketball (the only sports that generate revenue for colleges) had minor leagues. This way, the best athletes would have a choice and wouldn't be forced to work on the NCAA plantation. I find it strange that in the 2 sports that are dominated by black athletes, players must meet an age requirement to turn pro, but in all other sports (especially the country club sports like tennis and golf) they are actually encouraged to turn pro at a young age.

But, I'm starting to get off topic. Basically, I'm agreeing with you. I just don't think the solution is a simple one.