Spurrier Proposal

U. of South Carolina's Football Coach Steve Spurrier has put on the table at the Southeastern Conference(SEC)meetings recently in Destin, FL to give a $300. stipend for each game to 70 players on his football team. Spurrier says it would cost him, not the schools, $21,000. per game to pay these players. Therefore, the Division 1 coaches that make high salaries should take money out of there pocket and give 70 players this stipend. Well, I thought there were 85 players on scholarships at each Division 1A program. What about the other 15 and what about the walk-ons that are contributors to each program? Obviously, this opens up a Large can of Worms and probably will not be implemented. Take for example, former Kent State Football Coach Doug Martin who was reported by USA Today as the lowest paid coach in Division 1A in 2010. Coach Martin would have to take out a loan to pay his players $21,000. per game times 12 games. But maybe Spurrier is talking about only the Super Powers giving their players a stipend. In reality, there needs to be equality. If you give football players a stipend, then how about basketball players, baseball players, women basketball players, college golfers, and on and on. Pay for Play at the college level cannot be justified. This topic will surface every once and a while especially in college football, but in the overall scheme of things, the NFL needs a modified minor league system. Who knows what the answer is, but a NFL minor league would help eliminate some the problems of college football.