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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 they can get organized and get more for what they do, good for them. But really, enough with the free-labor morality play.” Others suggested alternative solutions, including the creation of a minor league for the NFL. “Do not pay the athletes while they are in school,” commented W. Calvin Dickinson of Cookeville, Tenn. “Establish an interest-bearing fund. Pay from this fund when they graduate.” “If college athletes receive salaries, they can pay for their tuition and housing [and] provide more scholarship funds for struggling families,” countered Tim McGlynn of Palatine, Ill. And even though many Twitter users commended Time for highlighting the controversy, some took issue with our choice of Manziel for the cover. “TIME is using a rich, white college player to make the case that college athletes should be paid. Seem odd to you?” tweeted reader Leonis Word.

RAND PAUL’S OPPOSITION TO SYRIA STRIKES

The Kentucky Senator’s polarizing Time.com essay prompted thousands of comments. “This man is no isolationist, he’s a Constitutionalist,” tweeted CBS Radio host Rich Zeoli. “I can’t believe I find myself in agreement with a right wing Republican,”wrote briteleaf on TIME.com “NO WAR.” “If we do not strike,” answered hgurian1, “we are sending the wrong message to both N. Korea and Iran.”

BEHIND THE PHOTO

On Sept. 11, 2001, photographer Patrick Witty captured the stunned reactions of New Yorkers as they watched the south tower of the World Trade Center begin to collapse. Twelve years later, Witty, now TIME’s international picture editor, has turned to social media for help in identifying the subjects in his haunting photograph. Recognize anyone? Let us know via comment at time.com/911photo

NOW ON LIGHTBOX

Not many realize that Pop artist Andy Warhol was also a photographer whose Polaroids and snapshots captured the glamour of the stars he socialized with as well as the quieter side of friends and lovers. We’ve gathered highlights from the show “I’ll Be Your Mirror,” on view at the New York Design Center through Oct. 7.

Liberace out of costume

Bianca Jagger in 1979

NOW ON TIME.COM

Secretary of State John Kerry has emerged as the Obama Administration’s most confidently hawkish official on Syria. We analyzed the language he used in 12 recent statements to reveal his most relied-on phrases. The top three:

1 Chemical weapons (122 times)

2 Civil war (22)

3 National security (18)

For more, go to time.com/swampland

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