Don’t they get per diem for road games?When 100,000 people pay $120 a ticket to watch that employee do his job, $45,000 a year does not seem that generousThis is analogous to an employee who works making a patented or proprietary product (very profitable), but is still well paid. So what?
NCAA athletes are extremely well paid. Make the same analysis for one of the other sports where the time commitment is only half of what it is for football. The hourly rate doubles (scholarship has the same value).
The kid on a swimming scholarship is getting a bargain
Take any individual player on the football team and replace them with somebody else. How many fewer butts are in the stands? I'd venture to say "zero". So while yes Johnny or whomever plays on the team-are the fans really there to see Johnny or is it to really see the team as a whole?
Also Johnny gets tuition, per diem, room+board, etc.
They do NOT get per diem. I don't know where you got such a stupid idea. That is what the athletes want. If they go out to a restaurant, Mommy and/or Daddy pays.
Yes they do.