I get why people say pay them, but I think they're missing that athletes already get a free education and exposure. That should count as payment. I don't know, just feels like paying them turns college into pro sports.

Yeah, that's a fair point about surgeons. I don't really know how to argue with that. I just feel like college athletes already get a lot, and paying them would make it feel less like school and more like a job. That's all I got.

That surgeon point is fair, honestly. Imagine a student who gets tuition covered just to play a game; that already seems like a sweet deal. I still feel paying them turns college into pro sports, and I don't really know how to argue past that.