Chris Webber, former University of Michigan basketball player from 1991 to 1993 who led the group of players known as the Fab Five, once, while walking past a store in Ann Arbor , he noticed that they were selling his shirt hanging in the window while he had to borrow money to put gas in his car. Jimmy King, another member of the Fab Five, said that the only advantage the Fab Five really got was pooling their money to go to Taco Bell. The perception of their lifestyle was that they lived like rock stars, but they didn't live that lifestyle. Over two decades later, college athletes aren't paid enough while being glorified by the public. An athletic scholarship pays for tuition and mandatory fees, but does not help with basic necessities such as gas and food. College athletes should receive more financial assistance because they have no other means of compensation, it will especially help those from low-income families and would reduce the shady dealings that happen behind the scenes. The current scholarship for college athletes doesn't pay enough for necessities. Currently, a scholarship pays for tuition, dorm room, $130 worth of books, a meal plan and fees. However, it doesn't pay for the estimated $500 a typical student spends each term in school on things like soap, toothpaste, gas for the car and socializing. Only four sports (football, men's and women's basketball, and women's volleyball) offer full rides to all scholarship-receiving athletes, with the average athletic scholarship being about $10,400. 86% of college athletes live below the poverty line. In the 2010 - 2011 season, the average out-of-pocket expenses for a full-ride scholarship athlete......middle of the paper......myself, but the university or college as a whole WELL. Increasing the amount of financial aid college athletes receive will greatly help all college athletes. Players won't have to worry about finding jobs, and coaches and athletics department officials won't have to worry about it. They will be able to pay for basic necessities such as food, clothing and gas. It will create less stress for those who form low-income families, although some of these families will continue to depend on the athlete's family member for food. By having enough funds to pay for the things they need, they will be less attracted to receiving illegal benefits from boosters. By increasing to the right amount, he would be able to provide without overpaying them so as to be compared fairly to non-athlete students. College sports will still maintain the ideal of amateurism.