Who gives an ish? How about like everybody else who worked for and earned their degree after going thousands of dollars into debt.......without all the perks and benefits that being a D1 athlete inherently provides.
And, iirc, Arian said he got around $50k in under the table benefits.....wonder when the last time an accounting or engineering or liberal arts major had boosters shoveling stacks of cash at them as Arian claims happened to him?
To be absolutely clear, I'm not for one second begrudging a major d1 athlete, his 4year scholly and all the benefits and exposure that comes with it. It's a symbiotic relationship that works beautifully IMO.....you agree to come here and work your tail off, promote our university and its athletic program, help us wins games and bring in revenues, and we'll provide you with a free education, tutoring services, access to trainers, physical therapists, nutritionists, networking with major companies/boosters, etc, etc. More power to him/her and God bless them for all the hard work they put in.
Who I am begrudging are all the people coming out of the woodwork with their Marxist language decrying that these kids are being taken advantage of or worse. So many kids use their GOD given abilities to play at a major D1 university so that they can try and use and, dare I say, exploit the system that gives them so much to get to the professional level of their sport so that they can enjoy the type of riches that 99% of the rest of the world can only dream of. Some get there, many more don't......but what they leave with is a free education and great networking opportunities not afforded to so many other students/peers.
Nick Senzel, outstanding 3B/SS from Tennessee just got taken second overall in the MLB draft.....and got a $6.2mm bonus for. I'm not sure what Nick's major was, but I'm guessing he wasn't getting a 6.2mm anything with that piece of paper like he just got from having been an outstanding member of UTs baseball program.
