paying college athletes

When Kevin Ware suffered a gruesome broken leg during Louisville's Elite Eight win over Duke on Sunday, many reacted by calling it the most horrific injury of all time. Louisville is now trying to capitalize on that injury financially by selling merchandise featuring his jersey number.

The NCAA believes in the ideal of the student athlete, an athlete who competes on behalf of their college or university, with a college education and the promise of a better future as adequate compensation. Of course, any rational person can tell you that with millions of dollars riding on their every move, a college education is nowhere near adequate compensation for the services of some college