PAYING COLLEGE ATHLETES
"How to pay them hasn't been resolved, but there should be a way to tie this in to graduation," said MSNBC's Brian Schactman in a discussion of Sean Gregory's widely shared Sept. 16 cover story advocating salaries for university moneymakers like Texas A&M; quarterback Johnny Manziel. On ESPN, panelists praised Time for bringing the story to national attention, while readers like George Newman of Verona, N.J., wrote, "The crux of the matter is that it's a full-time job with a $0 paycheck." At Forbes, Tom Van Riper objected to our focus on the injustice to tuition-free athletes: "If...
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