What about individual responsibility? The athletes, instead of paying tuition, play football for an education. I, as a regular student, manage to do well despite the burden of tuition and fees, and this is without the special study halls and tutors that the football players are pampered with. If the players want to graduate, they can. Some even end up as Rhodes Scholars (Florida State's Myron Rolle). If they choose not to graduate, that is their choice, not the institution's.