College athletics is seemingly crumbling before our eyes, which for me, is extremely disheartening due to the fact that I gravitate more towards college sports over pro sports (I am a HUGE college football fan). The sheer volume of money thrown around for TV contracts and coach's salaries is beginning to reach absurd levels. Meanwhile, the players who participate in these sports are not allowed to earn a single dime without sacrificing their amateur status with the NCAA.

I understand that paying college athletes a salary really isn't an option due to the fact that a lot of smaller school's athletic budgets are minuscule and the profits they gain from college athletics is marginal at best. But can we, at the very least, allow some of these athletes to earn a couple of dollars while in school? I know there isn't a blanket fix for all of this, but the fact that a guy like a Saquon Barkely couldn't sit in front of his dorm for an hour or two to sign his name on someone's t-shirt with a sharpie for a couple of dollars is silly to me.