Wisconsin basketball player Nigel Hayes, a critic of the NCAA’s stance on paying college athletes, took a stand on Saturday when ESPN’s College GameDay came to Madison.
Hayes appeared with a sign calling himself a “broke college athlete” and requesting help to pay the bills.
Nigel Hayes has arrived at GameDay and, of course, he has a sign. @darrenrovell pic.twitter.com/tMd5Vk4zT9
— Badger Beat (@BadgerBeat) October 15, 2016
Hayes added some context to his sign with tweets on Friday.
$40,000, I'm out of state.
In State:
Cost of Attendance – $25,294Yeah, $25,000 a year is "not bad".
Right grads? https://t.co/7QaG0GsEGj— Nigel Hayes (@NIGEL_HAYES) October 14, 2016
The @bigten made nearly $450 million.
My scholarship is about $160,00.
If only there was enough money to pay us.. pic.twitter.com/EPV1d0I16X
— Nigel Hayes (@NIGEL_HAYES) October 14, 2016
It has been discussed by some parties how much certain athletes could make if they were merely allowed to profit off their names, much less be paid. Hayes feels the system is unjust and is ready to deal with the criticism that will come with saying so.
