This is actually vastly untrue. The majority of football players don’t see a dime. You can thank title IX for that as they can’t treat football more favorably despite making 1000xs of times more revenue than other sports. The average D-1 college linemen doesn’t get a scholarship or one so low it’s insulting (~5-10%) of college tuition. Title IX really forced a heavy socialism on school sports so no matter how much they bring in revenue the players must be “treated” the same as any other athlete.
Which is about 2/3rds of a team, closer to half of a 4 or 5 star team. FCS gets 63, and D2 gets 36. Across the board every football team gets far less than what they earn financially.
This is actually vastly untrue. The majority of football players don’t see a dime. You can thank title IX for that as they can’t treat football more favorably despite making 1000xs of times more revenue than other sports. The average D-1 college linemen doesn’t get a scholarship or one so low it’s insulting (~5-10%) of college tuition. Title IX really forced a heavy socialism on school sports so no matter how much they bring in revenue the players must be “treated” the same as any other athlete.
I thought all 85 of the scholarships allotted to D1 schools for football were full rides?
Which is about 2/3rds of a team, closer to half of a 4 or 5 star team. FCS gets 63, and D2 gets 36. Across the board every football team gets far less than what they earn financially.
Interesting. I had no idea, so thank you for sorting that for me.
It is strange how "everyone gets the same" seems to devolve into "the majority get much less" when it comes to socialized outcomes.