Yes you do - you just don't agree with it.
I favored maintaining the 'purity' of amateur vs. paid collegiate athletics for the longest time. But as it was in many respects an illusion that ultimately succumbed to cheating and the influence of fantastic revenue streams, something had to give. Add the issues of individual/constitutional rights and basic fairness, and the advent of NIL was in some respects a fait accompli.
While I'll allow that there's an 'everyone gets a trophy' aspect to paying all scholarship athletes, insofar as they work much harder than mere students/scholars to bring glory/prestige to their Schools, only makes sense to get 'the best that money can buy'. Except for golf. And bowling if that's a thing or athletics that doesn't actually involve athleticism per se. 🍏
There is value in IU having great BB, soccer, swimming and diving, track and field teams, and the like - so pay them. Perhaps not as much as BB/FB players whose sports do in fact generate absurd revenues, but the worth or value of a thing (or person) goes well beyond how much money they earn or happen to make for their handlers. So yes, am advocating that anyone who is awarded a scholarship with the expectation that they will in some way exalt IU through DI athletics get a piece of the media revenue.
On some level I'd perhaps ultimately like to see a rebate to all students along the lines of what Alaska used to do (and maybe still does) wherein every resident man, woman and child got an annual dividend check as a way of the State sharing out some of its fantastic oil and gas revenues. But then I like sharing, and certain aspects of 'socialism' are far more humane/sensible/constructive than pure unadulterated capitalism.
Share the wealth - everyone wins. 🍎
