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Blog Post #6 While the California Senate Bill is one solution to help students receive some kind of compensation for their effort and engagement in collegiate sports, another one, the most obvious one, would be to pay the students directly.  This remuneration may come from either universities or the NCAA, or both. Universities make millions off of college sports and the NCAA makes an average of more than a billion dollars per year off of television and marketing rights and ticket sales (“Where Does The Money Go?”).  Cutting down on exorbitant elitist executive salaries and unneeded expenses, while shifting budgetary concerns would certainly create a windfall of assets to pay college athletes. Many argue that this may lead to a violation of Title 9, but in reality, “ Title IX does not directly state whether it requires equal financial compensation beyond scholarships,” in regard to sex (Edelman).  Many have argued that it is justified to pay female college athletes less than males