Is the outrageous exploitation of college athletes coming to an end?

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http://www.salon.com/2013/01/28/is_the_outrageous_exploitation_of_college_athletes _coming_to_an_end_partner/

To an outsider unfamiliar with American collegiate sports, or to anyone watching objectively, it would be impossible to differentiate between the scene on that balmy Miami night and the one that will commence in three weeks when the National Football League crowns its champion at Super Bowl XLVII. But there is one distinction that lies beneath the hoopla, and it is one that makes all the difference between the college spectacle and the professional one: Alabama’s players, unlike their NFL counterparts, are not paid to play the game.