do certain players make more than others? What about basketball???? does Jimmer make 500K/yr and the rest of the team 1K/yr- that sounds healthy.
How 'bout a Michael Phelps swimming for Michigan....does he get paid? I'd guess he'd have filled a lot of seats. The rest of Michigan's men's swim team?????? nothing, right?
The reward for being a D-1 athlete is a potentially really good education and a potential if you play the right sport to make some money at the next level.
PERIOD. There is no other reasonable argument.