Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball

Sports can have a positive effect on society. They are one of the things that have made me the person I am today. Sports, mostly football and basketball, have shown me how to be a leader, how to stay active, how to persevere no matter how down you are , how it can help people in the community, and the ability to talk to people about the sports I love. Sports have no doubt been an influence for a long time, from ancient times to now. The leadership that comes with sports is a big deal in my…

and revenue that they bring to their college during the years that the athlete plays for that specific college. March Madness is the biggest way that the NCAA gains revenue each year. March Madness is the annual basketball tournament for men’s and women’s Division I, II, III basketball. For the 2012-2013 March Madness season had…

network. While College Football was beginning to become popular on networks, ESPN provided an opportunity for colleges and universities to highlight their sports because of the wide variety of programming they were able to offer. The rise of Big East basketball can be directly correlated with the growth of college sports on television. When the league was founded in 1979, the Big East had a great marketing appeal because of its colorful cast of coaches, including Rollie Massimino…

coach of wisconsin was a combined 12, 628,032. The ncca got an insane amount of 10.8 billion dollars from cbs and turner broadcasting for the rights to broadcast for 14 years. In an article written by complex magazine jay bilas a espn college basketball analyst sits down and explains why ncaa athletes should be getting paid. He explains this topic has been a very talking point in the league for about 2 -…

One of the many hotly debated topics today is whether or not collegiate athletes should receive compensation. College athletes have two arenas: the classroom and the game. One of the main questions debated over is: “Is it the university 's job to pay athletes?” College athletes generate money for their universities, while universities, offer students athletic scholarships to attend the school. Being a college-athlete can be very time-consuming, leading people to differ in opinion. The…

to a several-week long, end-of-year basketball tournament that determines the NCAA National Champion of college basketball. The tournament attracts dozens of millions of viewers, with the championship game receiving a viewing total that has surpassed 30 million. That is nearly a tenth of the entire nation tuning in to watch college students play a game of basketball. This is, of course, not even professional basketball! This goes to show how popular basketball is in the United States. I,…

One of the most talked about and controversial topics within college sports since the past decade is should college NCAA athletes be compensated? While this topic has really heated up in recent years, the term education or exploitation seems to accumulate. College athletes have often been exploited for their talents rather than receiving a profitable education. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a billion dollar organization that is responsible for regulating college athletes…

Athletes getting paid to play has been discussed for long time now. College athletes feel as if they should be played to play since they are bringing in millions of dollars to the university. Some college athletes feel like they should be getting paid because they are the reason that the university is making millions of dollars, but the university doesn’t feel like they should pay them because they gave them a scholarship that covers the athlete’s tuition, housing and other things too through…

athletes never goes to their pockets, but instead to their universities and the NCAA. While these athletes on scholarship, the talent possessed by them brings in a wealth that outdoes the amount of their scholarship. Being a college football or basketball player can be a full-time job. These players invest their lives in the sport they play; some athletes can spend insane amounts of hours on one sport. Athletes spend time in their sport and also have classes to tend to every day. Because college…

BUZZY--UNC PRESENTATION— What we have begun to learn within all of these scandals is that big schools find loopholes for their student-athletes to boost their academics instead of these student-athletes fulfilling their academic requirements on their own. Regardless of what sport you play there are ways around going to class and getting good marks, so that you can focus more of your time towards the athletic side of your student athlete life. The University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill has been…