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Mike Wallace: College Players Should Be Paid, Struggled for Meals at Ole Miss

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Mike Wallace is an advocate of college athletes being paid.

"It's just a messed-up system and messed-up situation," he said Tuesday, per Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com. "But it's not going to change."

Hensley noted Wallace was responding to a tweet from ESPN's Darren Rovell revealing the coaching staff of the Alabama Crimson Tide received $1.27 million in bonus money after beating Georgia in Monday's College Football Playoff National Championship Game.

Wallace further explained he struggled for meals while he was a player at Ole Miss:

According to Hensley, Wallace said he typically had $180 each month after he paid his bills and often couldn't even rely on the school's meal plan because the cafeteria was closed following his study hall.