Alvarez says paying college athletes is unacceptable

During a relatively uneventful meeting of the University of Wisconsin Athletic Board on Friday morning, the subject of extra benefits and illegal cash payouts to athletes elicited strong comments from Barry Alvarez. “Paying athletes at the collegiate level it is unacceptable,” said Alvarez, UW’s athletic director and football coach. “That’s a sad state of affairs. For a number of years I didn’t hear much of that. All of a sudden, you’re starting to hear more and more of it in recruiting.”