While sitting in the Atlanta airport Friday morning waiting to board a flight to Houston, Texas, I overheard a conversation between two college football enthusiasts about the infamous discussion of whether college athletes should get paid.
I heard the same old arguments. College student-athletes shouldn’t get paid because they’re already getting free scholarships, free room and board and a free education at some of the most prestigious schools in the nation — sometimes even the world.
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