lol at education for football players. College sports are as far from amateur as you can get. it is professional football with rules setup to keep all the money for the school.
Were you a Div. I athlete?
I was.
At a time when college was $30,000 a year (now it is more than that at top schools), I would scratch my heads at the kids who would complain about not getting paid because their images were being used by EA Sports, etc. What about the education (my school had a very high graduation rate, and a more strict GPA policy than NCAA imposed), the loads of free shoes, sweats, etc.?
You are either an amateur, or a pro.