The chart below shows us how much college football players might be worth at the top programs if they were able to play in a free-market system and receive compensation in a manner like that for NFL players. We calculated the so-called fair market value of college football players at the 20 most profitable programs using data provided by the Department of Education and based on the work of Ellen Staurowskya professor at Drexel. Each school’s football revenue was split between the school and the athletes, with the players’ share divided evenly among the 85 scholarship players. On the surface, it is easy to say these athletes should be receiving more than just the standard tuition, room, and board that comes with a scholarship. But it’s far more complicated than. Not all schools are making this much money, so the NCAA would have to weigh an even more unbalanced future if some schools were paying players and others could not afford to do so. An colleeg bigger issue might ...