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How Much Money Could College Football Players Make On Open Market?
NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 2: Quarterback AJ McCarron #10 of the Alabama Crimson Tide commands a huddle during second half action of the Tide's loss to the Oklahoma Sooners in the BCS Sugar Bowl on January 2, 2014 at Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jackson Laizure/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 2: Quarterback AJ McCarron #10 of the Alabama Crimson Tide commands a huddle during second half action of the Tide's loss to the Oklahoma Sooners in the BCS Sugar Bowl on January 2, 2014 at Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jackson Laizure/Getty Images)

In NCAA-as-crumbling-institution news, the National College Players Association in collaboration with Drexel University recently published a report pegging the value of an average college football player from 2011 through 2015 at $178,000 per year. (They also found that the average college basketball player deserves a $375,000 salary, but let’s stick to football, for the sake of clarity.)

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