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Some criticism doesn’t add up. The commonly heard argument that all scholarship athletes should be paid ignores the fact that the overwhelming majority compete in sports that don’t make a dime.</p><p id="h1541667-p2" class="permalinkable">But the way many colleges treat athletes in revenue-generating sports does merit criticism. Scholarships are granted and revoked on a year-to-year basis — the college equivalent of the NFL contracts that allow teams to cut players at any time.</p><p id="h1541667-p3" class="permalinkable">Now the University of Southern California is offering a smart, fair reform. Athletic Director Pat Haden announced that beginning next month, USC will offer four-year athletic scholarships to all student-athletes who play football and men’s and women’s basketball.</p><p id="h1541667-p4" class="permalinkable">This is much more equitable than the present norm. 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