what's the difference between an athlete learning what he wants to do in the future and a, say, computer tech learning what HE wants to do in the future? Sure it's sports, but that's what they want do after college, just like the computer tech wants to get onto an IT team after college...the scholarship arguement is somewhat moot because if a person works hard enough they can get non-sports scholarships to pay for schooling as well...I don't have a problem with them getting a weekly allowance of some sort DURING the season, since they can't work, as said earlier...computer tech guy CAN work and if he did what he needed to do in high school, scholarships should be taking care of most, if not all of his schooling...now sure, after the season, make em get jobs, but it doesn't hurt during the season to give them SOMETHING...