I'm not saying Michael Vick or Drew Brees should make thousands of dollars. A simple stipend of a few hundred dollars a month would suffice. Enough for a guy to take his date to the movies and spring for popcorn, or to be able to fly home to see his mother for Thanksgiving. I'm all for coaches making enough to retire after one fall, but it's about time we realize the real reason we love sports. It's because we admire the athletes who play them.
Professional athletes have unions that look out for their best interests.
College athletes have the schools they play for and the NCAA looking out for theirs. Most involved parties cast it off as nonsense, but in this age of money growing on trees, maybe it's time the people responsible for this windfall to start looking out for themselves. They deserve a piece of this over-stuffed pie. Information are applicable to this site.