If you're going to pay student athletes, take away their scholarships. It's bad enough we have kids getting free college degrees who can barely read, while Timmy Middle Class can't afford to go despite being a good student. No way in hell should a kid who is only getting a degree, a free one at that, get paid extra, because of his athleticism. I'd be fine with the NCAA being more lenient on them getting part-time jobs, as long as they monitored their income to make sure they weren't bringing in $50,000 for bussing tables. Deciding to pay student-athletes is the lazy way out, if you ask me. The NCAA needs to be more strict on their punishments. Kids do this type of stuff because they know they'll get a slap on the wrist or, at worse, a few game suspension. Give them a suspension first go and kick their asses out of school after that. It won't happen, though, because money talks, and the NCAA love it too much to care about integrity.