Paying college football players?

Ah the timeless debate of whether or not we should pay football players. My response to Michael Rosenberg's article about paying college football players...

Dear Michael,

I hope you're doing well. I read your article about how college football players should be paid and want to share my thoughts. College football is the only sport I follow anymore and I have certainly thought about this argument a lot, and consistently discuss this with my girlfriend who is not a huge follower of college sports, and her non-sports opinion provides a nice balance to the conversation.

And a response to my email

Good morning Drew,

Thank you very much for your response. We disagree on some points but we do agree on others. I will respond to your paragraphs as you do bring up veyr interesting and thought provoking points.

I appreciate your response and while I probably won't hit on all your points, I have no issue with you being a supporter of the BCS. I just have an issue with an organization claiming it can't do something it already does and always pointing to "protecting the student-athlete" as the reason. If all other Divisions can handle a playoff and if every other sport can handle a playoff, why can't college football in Division 1?

Response to Load of BCS article

Here is my response to the article by Drew Ellis (http://www.themorningsun.com/articles/2010/08/02/sports/srv0000008988157.txt)

Good afternoon Drew,

I hope you're doing well. Living in Austin, TX, I unfortunately don't have the pleasure of reading your paper regularly, but thanks to the wonderful people behind Google News, I was able to access your article as I try and stay on top of what is going on in the world of college football.

Now, right off the bat it is clear that we disagree on one major topic: the BCS. While I recognize it has its flaws, it is a better system than a playoff, and certainly a better way to determine the best team in a given year than a 16 team playoff. While I'm not going to go through why I believe that, I will simply focus on what is in your article.