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To: The United States Senate

Pay College Athletes via FCAPF.org

Allow the people to pay college athletes equally according to popularity of sport and division via the Fan-sponsored College Athlete Payment Fund: FCAPF.org.

Why is this important?

College athletes generate billions of dollars but aren't allowed to share in the wealth made off their backs. Some of them drop out of college for an early shot at the pros, largely because of family financial problems. However, only a drop in the bucket will be successful at the pro level.

Meanwhile, college coaches can make millions per year. Then we have the other commercial concerns raking in the megabucks. And let us never forget the tremendous publicity college sports generate for their schools. Never heard of the University of Miami until their football team starting slaughtering opponents--nor of Gonzaga until their basketball team plowed through to the deep rounds of the Final Four.

Antagonists against pay for the athletes argue, among other things:
1) Where would the money come from?
2) Who should get what?
3) What about gender equity?
4) What if some colleges can't pay as much as others?

The FCAPF would solve ALL the significant problems concerning paying them. In fact, I would say it's the PERFECT way to pay college athletes.

After examining FCAPF.org--as well as its fundraising site: Pay College Athletes Association (PCAA)--PayCollegeAthletes.com--I hope you support the cause so that we can bring economic justice to college sports.

Below is the mission of the PCAA (as well as the FCAPF).

Thanks for any help you may give.
--Keith Anderson, Founder, PCAA/FCAPF

PCAA MISSION:

The PCAA is presently an informal organization that's free to join. It seeks to overturn the NCAA’s ban on paying college athletes. Its mission is to allow fans to pay college athletes on an equal basis according to popularity of sport and division, division alone, gender, and/or all eligible college athletes in general. If/When that mission is accomplished, you would be able to contribute your funds toward, for example, Men's Div. 1-A Football or Women's Div 3 Softball; all male athletes of Div 3, all female athletes of Div 2, and/or all male/female athletes of Div NAIA 1; or you could give to all male athletes in general, all female athletes, and/or all male/female college athletes of all sports/divisions—the BIG GENERAL POT! The PCAA also supports the right of college athletes/teams to make endorsement deals so long as the payments are shared equally with all athletes of the agreed-upon sect or with all athletes in general. (Click the “ABOUT” link on the PCAA site.) Until the mission is accomplished, funds raised will be used to build the PCAA brand and support base and eventually to help former college athletes capitalize and/or expand their businesses.