In a Jan. 1 article in the Tribune, two college football players proposed that players in college bowl games receive cash compensation for their efforts. The gifts they receive, with a total value of $300, were eschewed in favor of a players’ cash share of the big dollars that the participating bowl universities divide.
I am sincerely hopeful that their misguided and/or self-absorbed logic is not reflective of the majority of college athletes who understand they have already benefited significantly from the financial support extended to them through their college scholarships. They should view their bowl appearance as both a privilege and an opportunity to help reimburse their universities for their investment in them and to replenish resources for future gifted athletes.
Perhaps the two athletes who propose cash compensation for bowl appearances are too prepared to join the ranks of overpaid, self-absorbed professional athletes who haunt the sports world.
