Report: NCAA investigating Jameis Winston point-shaving allegations

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13. Pay for play

Lets put the possible point shavings aside for a second. Athletes and their families are routinely compensated by outside sources such as boosters and former athletes. I have first hand knowledge of a former athlete at an ACC school loaning cars from his dealership to the parents of the athlete under a deferred loan deal. The loan will never be paid back and once the athlete has left that school for the pros then the NCAA never checks to see if the loan was paid back.

There are many purists out there who state that the student athlete is getting room, board, meals and books in exchange for the scholarship that they receive, but the truth is that the scholarship pales in comparison to what the University makes off that athlete, particularly if the school is 1A in football and regularly goes to bowl games or if the consistently make the NCAA tournament in basketball. Doug Flutie once said that he figured out that Boston College made $42 million off of his career at BC. That is one hell of an education. One other thing that people forget about student athletes and that is the fact that they cannot hold a job during the semester that their sport is in action. For basketball players that is the entire school year and for football players it can be the same way because of spring ball. Not defending Jameous Winston but the system does not work in favor of the athlete.