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AB Poll: Student-Athlete Compensation

AB Staff
Mar 29, 2011

NCAA president Mark Emmert has reiterated that student-athletes should not be paid like employees, but indicated a willingness to sweeten their current stipends. How do you think collegiate student-athletes should be treated?

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