The subject of paying college athletes continues to be a hot topic. In the new documentary, “Schooled: The Price of College Sports”, Houston Texans running back, Arian Foster comes clean about his college program and the help he received.
Foster attended the University of Tennessee, and while he said he never took money from coaches, he said there were always people around the campus to help out. Foster hopes his revelations will help change the rules about amateurism in the NCAA.
Foster went on to describe a situation in which he had no food or money and called a coach.
“Either you give us some food or I’m gonna go do something stupid,” Foster recalled telling him.
Andrew Muscato, a documentary producer, says Foster didn’t specify how much he received.
While I understand Foster’s thought process, is it fair that the current students might have to pay the price for him? Obviously the NCAA model is broken and needs to be adjusted, but if Foster feels so strongly about it, why did it take him five years to make a statement about it.