User talk:Sportgal22

Background paragraph inaccuracies regarding scholarships
Student-athletes can and do receive athletics and academic scholarships, along with a variety of other grants, from their respective colleges or universities up to the cost of attendance (NCAA Bylaw 15 - Financial Aid). This includes, but not limited to tuition, fees, room, board, books, travel, incidental expenses etc. not to mention all the actual expenses involved with competition (e,g, travel, meals, lodging, entrance fees, uniforms etc.) It is possible, and for many probable, that they will graduate completely debt free, having been show cased to perhaps become a professional athlete.

However, this is never mentioned in anything to do with the "pay for play" discussion. For example, NCAA Division FBS awards 85 full athletic scholarships annually, men's basketball 13 and women's basketball 15, and so on. Again thousands of student-athletes on full athletic scholarships have the ability to graduate debt free, I know I did.