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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 1031466" data-attributes="member: 7261">I guess I don't see this.  A full ride scholarship athlete makes a choice.  They can decline or accept a scholarship offer and in return, become a student athlete for that University.  By accepting, they agree to follow all the terms of the scholarship in both athletics and scholastics.  What they (athlete) does with this opportunity, really is up to them.  I think most universities would take offense to the "setup to fail" idea.  For it is in their best interest for each athlete to excel in what they are coming to school for, sports and education.Finally, is the "payment" by the university equal to what the athlete gets and gives back?   If you look at the link below, an out of state person would spend approximately $60K per year to attend UW Madison.  So an athlete on a full scholarship is being "paid" ~$60K.  Fair "pay"?[URL unfurl="true"]https://financialaid.wisc.edu/cost-of-attendance/[/URL]</blockquote>

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