Pay the players already.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-much-is-your-college-football-team-worth-1506000030?mod=e2tw
Tuition, room and board while they are working/playing what amounts to a professional athlete's schedule is not the greta deal many make it out to be. The fact that some players are in fact able to get a 'serious' degree (like this guy:
) under such circumstances does not change the fact that for most players, balancing the demands of a de facto pro-schedule and college studies is near impossible.