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the main attractions don't get paid. Not yet, anyway. Major college programs exploit studentathletes for money-making athletic skills while not pushing life skills like education, McCants and Thomas agreed. The former college players' assertions are reminiscent of the growing numbers of reported scam prep schools, used as basketball recruiting factories where the dunk is king and the education is subpar. "College students generally are guided in their major choices by interest and aptitude among other factors," the NCAA's e-mail to Spectacular Magazine said. "Student-athletes select majors from among majors offered for all students at a particular college or university." students' interests or the majors they pick. Like every student, athletes have the right to choose. The NCAA is a reportedly billion-dollar business with just as much - if not more - dazzle than the professional le