$10,000 tickets, bourbon deals: Colleges hunt revenue to pay athletes

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  1. So colleges are cutting funds from their mission of education to pay athletes, on top of the scholarships they receive. You have multi- millionaire players, with no obligations to remain at that institution while taking funds from other students trying to scrape by. Maybe it is time to shut down college sports and make colleges institutions of learning.

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