Should student athletes be paid?

I believe that student athletes should be paid if they're spending as much time, and putting in as much effort as people working a full time job, like most are. I agree with what the first guy said, and think it would be fair to put the student athletes money into a trust fund that they can receive once they graduate from college. That way the money will be something that they can work toward getting and they'll know that if they do better at the game, they can potentially get themselves more money, which will be put in that trust. I feel that a lot of the media and organizations are getting money off of the student athletes, when a portion of the money should go to them, considering without them playing the sports there would be no money being made for the advertisers or networks. Some argue that they get all their compensation because they get put out there for the NBA or NFL to see, but I don't think that that's enough for them. They are students before they are athletes, so I think that not only should they be paid for what they do for different networks, organizations, and so forth, they should be given full ride scholarships (taken if they quit the team, break rules, get bad grades, etc.). This will show them that being a student still comes first, and that in order to pay for school, and their sports(JOB), then they will do well in school and stay out of any trouble that may come their way.