Modern Day Slavery

This may be a bit of a stretch, but the way student athletes are used at big university is some what like slavery. They have to spend long hours doing extremely strenuous work and don't get paid a dollar amount but by receiving more work on top  of the sport they are play. Being a student and passing all of your classes and still being able to compete at one of the highest levels of play is the real achievement, forget winning any major titles they should just get a trophy for being on the field every week. The colleges especially division one colleges make a fortune each season from ticket, apparel, and concession sales just at the stadiums alone, not to mention buying stuff online or at a store off campus. While these students may be receiving an education without cost these players have to have money to pay for things like clothes and transportation not to mention food and other essentials. These athletes parents shouldn't have to be giving their kids an allowance while they are at college, and it isn't like they could keep a job because of all the hours they have to put into practice and games. Its no wonder there are so many cases of these student athletes taking free stuff or special treatment. Who wouldn't want to accept something in return for their endless hours of hard work, I know that i sure would. Plus what is so wrong about accepting it, who made that rule? While i can see the harms that it could have on the athletes maybe a no tolerance policy is not the way to go I think that there should be a limit in how much free stuff you can get a month, a couple meals here and there some new clothes that could never hurt anyone.