I can forgive the 2010 loss to a top 5 Wisconsin team that played in the Rose Bowl because that was after Persa's injury. Evan Watkins was the starting QB. The Wrigley loss to Illinois the game before was more disheartening, letting Leshoure run for over 300 yards. The last 3 games of that...
Big Ten guarantees 4-year schollies (e.g. the Vassar ordeal) bit that is not uniform across D1. The general rule is that schollies are given on an annual basis.
What I saw was a voluntary, mutually beneficial transaction that thousands of athletes entered into without anyone holding a gun to their head, with scores more who would gladly take the deal but lacked the athletic talent, to earn a free college education without the burden of college loans...
Before California blew everything up with the "Fair Pay to Play" law, the NCAA was starting to allow stipends to athletes precisely to give them some spending money. If this were merely about spending money, that problem was already being addressed.