There's always going to be a faction of disgruntled students, who want to cheer for the athletes and refer to the teams like they play, but never have or never will. These are the same students that want to rip the athletes for being too well taken care of, not knowing how much the "poor athletes" have to do during the course of the week. It's kind of hypocritical, one hand you want to cheer for these guys, the other you want to run them down for having too good.
Pay em, not sure how to do it, but pay em.