The scholarship argument is such a straw man, to me.
No one demands that the physics major that is getting a full ride stay through the end of the year when he washes out because he parties too much, misses home, or just can't cut it. Oh, and the school doesn't care that they wasted that money, because even that kid helps their median ACT score, and median high school GPA for incoming students, etc.
It's all about trade-offs, and the tens of millions of dollars that having a football team pours into the UT coffers is more than enough of a benefit to offset Alontae not playing in the Music City Bowl .