President Obama Against Compensation For College Athletes

President Obama Against Compensation For College Athletes

COLLEGE PARK, MD - NOVEMBER 17: US President Barack Obama with his daughters Malia (L) and Sasha (R) in their seats before a college basketball game between the Oregon State Beavers and the Maryland Terrapins on November 17, 2013 at the Comcast Center in College Park, Maryland. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — President Barack Obama is coming out against compensation for college athletes.

He says it would lead to bidding wars and "ruin the sense of college sports."

Obama says what does frustrate him, though, is seeing college coaches and the NCAA making huge amounts of money while an athlete gets banished after getting a tattoo or free use of a car.

He says that's unfair.

Obama commented in an interview with The Huffington Post after he was asked whether college athletes should be compensated because they are money-makers for the NCAA, TV stations and advertisers.

The interview was released Saturday, hours after Obama cheered as his niece's Princeton team stayed undefeated by topping Wisconsin-Green Bay in a first round NCAA Tournament game played in Maryland.

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