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		fallentimes on Oct 21, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PhD Comics: Academic Salaries College basketball + College baseball + College football = thousands of players. Even though it might be a small percent of the total, it's still a significant amount of people.

Retric on Oct 22, 2008 [–]

And a free ride to a good school is the equivalent of a 50+k a year salary without working the full year.

fallentimes on Oct 22, 2008 | [–]

True. But being a division 1 athlete is significantly more difficult than most 50k per year white collar jobs.

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