re: Should collegiate athletes receive stipends?

The people who would actually benefit from getting paid are the athletes who are walk ons or players in non revenue sports that don't get full rides. But nobody thinks they deserve to get paid betcha nobody actually pays to watch them

The idea of extra stipends originated with football players, no doubt about that, but of course nowadays that don't fly so all student athletes should get it. Still, its a relatively small amount of money well spent in the eyes of many.