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Should NCAA athletes be paid? Dallas-area football coaches' answers range from 'hell yeah' to 'a mistake'

The debate about monetizing college football players' contributions to their programs -- whether to consider their efforts on the field a job or to recognize their scholarship as a salary - is long-standing.

And likely unrelenting.

Discussions about athletes being able to capitalize on their likenesses have increased in recent years, and California state government officials, for example, have recently pushed a pay-to-play bill for player compensation.

The Dallas Morning News surveyed head football coaches from different locations, districts and classifications around the area and posed this question: Do you think college athletes should be paid?