That's a possible solution and the push back on that is how do you pay them all the same and the answer is you shouldn't. Call it there first lesson in capitalism, but its no different than how coaches get compensated. if you good enough to go to Alabama then you should get paid more than someone who goes to North Texas, people who work at really good law firms make a substantial amount more than people who work at smaller less prominent law firms so I don't see the difference in a kid who plays at Bama and a kid who plays at Tulsa.
The beginning of the end of college football.
It's ironic that the solution you suggest is exactly the same thing you are complaining about. You just want to make all the payments legal I guess. What is that going to change in the end?