With the NIL in place, how much $ do you think comes in?

Lol that's an average donation amount of $5.10. Loads of big spenders there. For reference our average donation amount is $25.25, 5X larger than Notre Dame.

My point is in regards of the purpose of a full ride scholarship from the university.  The foundational purpose of it is to provide assurance of being able to afford the cost of attendance while being able to put in the full hours necessary to commit to their sport (since doing so usually precludes being able to work), correct?

If players are now able to substantially monetize their participation in the school-funded sport, the should the school still be responsible for covering their tuition?  This is not intended to be some form of punishment, but a recognition that players receiving *significant* financial compensation solely due to their participation in the school sport (e.g. the various six figure NIL deals we are hearing for the "star" players - some before they have even played a single official down of college football) maybe don't *need* that scholarship, which could be given to someone who *does* need it.  Why is this wrong?

That isn't exactly a fair comparison though, is it?  Those seven-figure coaching salaried are normally for a select few, with the rest of the staff being six or five figure salaries (although I completely agree that they are generally far too inflated - compare current salaries to coaches at the same schools in the 70s & 80s after adjusting for inflation).  That said, the coaches have far more responsibility, put in far more hours and are doing much more than any individual player... and the coach is ultimately responsible for all the 100+ players on the roster, the staff, and the various supporting operations under their control.  The argument about the coach/administration being paid one value while those doing the "real" work being paid another isn't much different than arguing about why an automaker executive is paid a high salary while the line workers done the "real" work are paid a fraction of that.

Not to mention the whole issue of one role being an actual job while the other is an after class activity sponsored by the school (with those players being full time students in every legal and financial purpose).

The problem with that analogy is that participation in a school-sponsored activity is not a job market, nor is it meant to be.  The purpose of these schools is still to provide academic education, not be a sporting franchise buying, selling and trading players on an open market.

If you chose to be petulant (as much of your posts tend to be), that's your call.  You can also drop the hyperbole about posting "dozens of times a day" on the matter - I post maybe a few times a day (at most), and overwhelmingly about subjects other than this.  (You also clearly don't understand my avatar nor the spirit of that particular strip - you should check it out sometime.)

No, I am not exactly in favor of "paying the players" as you probably define the term... mainly because those players are already being compensated for their efforts (not merely in the tangible compensation such as tuition, room, board and all the various benefits that add up to $100k -$200k per year in equivalent value, but also in the signicant career opportunities that are being provided by that sport participation... what other school sponsored activity provides its participants with the chance to parlay that into a multimillion dollar career immediately out of college?)  Seriously ask yourself this - why is this all of a sudden (just in the past 10ish years) an issue about player compensation when it was never a concern in the 2000s, 90s, 80s, 70s, 60s or any other decade prior covering the 150+ years of college sports in this nation?  Why is it so pressing and urgent of an issue now... and who is really pushing it (meaning where is the money coming to support the various legal challenges and motions pushing for it)?

Not if the policies are standardized.  If only there were some organization that could effectively govern how these sort of issues with college athletics are handled...  wouldn't that be convenient.

Apples to oranges.  Those internships are not be given because of the actions the students are doing *for* the university.  Typically (speaking from experience) those internships are full time jobs done outside of the college semester, not concurrently.  Also, I would rarely categorize an internship as "high paying"... at least for undergrad students.  Many outside science, engineering and finance don't even pay.

I am all for paying players and any student for that matter. But this analogy is not a good one. Schools make millions of dollars (probably billions) thru grants that they have students work for assistantships. They get meagre salary. Mind you, some of these students are brilliant students. Do they go out and make money on their own later. Of course and some of them make a lot of money using that experience. Just saying that not all are equally compensated and this issue is not just in Football. Private job market is a different story.