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Even if you turn out to not be very good? A guy like Justin Williams never contributes anything of value to his team--certainly nothing even remotely close to his recruiting projection--but gets paid while he's at a great University for 5 years, and hypothetically walks away with multiple degrees despite bringing nothing to the table? To me, that's insane.
And the reality is there are more "Justin Williams's" on the team than "Tim Tebow's/Percy Harvin's".
This is exactly right. And maybe this is the slippery slope you and DoubleDad are foreseeing, but right now the payments would not be even. Justin Williams may get some booster promise early, but after that it would thin out compared to a guy like Tebow who produces. Ironically, due to the size of our state, combined with our football passion, Florida could stand to be the largest beneficiary if it went along. While Bama boosters might do a lot of fake payments to players, ultimately, the GDP of that state simply can't match the true marketing value (plus boosters) in Florida. Texas would come close.