MILLS: Don’t pay the players
If you read the March 27 paper you may have seen a column titled “Pay college players.” In this article, Gray Whisnant argues that college athletes deserve to be paid for competing for their schools. I would like to tell you why this argument is completely ludicrous. Let me preface this by saying that I am one of the biggest Cavalier sports fans you will find. I attend as many games as I can; from every home football game (as disappointing as that was), to a few women’s and men’s soccer games, field hockey, volleyball, wrestling and most home basketball games, I love Virginia sports. However, I do not believe that the athletes that compete in these sports deserve to be paid.