C-USA boss: 'Something has to give'

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    One day after Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said his conference members had discussed the concept of paying student-athletes more than the scholarship money awarded now, several other power brokers in college football weighed in on the topic.

    Conference USA commissioner Britton Banowsky said "something has to give on this issue."

    "Universities justify spending tens of millions of dollars on coaches' compensation, with a seemingly insatiable appetite for more growth. At the same time, a small fraction of that amount is spent on all scholarships for all student-athletes," Banowsky said. "Unless the student-athletes in the revenue-producing sports get more of the pie, the model will eventually break down. It seems it is only a matter of time."

    Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6566975
     

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