NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA rakes in on average $12 billion in revenues annually that flow in through college athletics programs(Finley, 2015). The latest and biggest debate is "Whether or not college athletes should get paid?". When college athletes go to college they are not allowed to earn any money while they are participating in athletics, but is that fair? Generally they are putting in full time work hours(40/week) or sometimes even more. As more and more college athletes are struggling to get by through and…

stretch but I think with all of the money the schools are making off of these athletes I think they can manage giving the players a few dollars. Players should be paid for three reasons. Players miss so much class time with all the athletics that are going on but yet the NCAA continues to say that they provide a “free education”, secondly if players were paid the money they deserve they would get an early sense of financial awareness before going to the pros. Third and final reason is the NCAA…

his name and number on it selling for $75 and said to his friend "That money is going to go to someone somewhere but I have to beg for food and gas money" he declared for the NBA draft the following week. This isn't the only instance where a very popular college athlete feels they should receive money if merchandise with their name on it is being advertised for purchase. The NCAA has been an amateur association since it's creation. It wasn't the hottest conversation to talk about paying college…

“Beware! Beware! Ides of March.” Ladies and gentlemen are you ready for the craziest season of March madness. I mean crazy, some of these teams have some powers they can use to their advantage. Maryland has a player named John Mary that can walk in the air because land generate under him. There is a couple different ways Maryland can use this to their advantage. First this one-of-a-kind player can stay above the opponent's goal and“ when the other team gets a point they can throw the ball to…

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…

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…

to the staff to the league associates , to the referees get a very good amount of salary. With most of the money coming in from the players you would expect the players to be getting a good amount of the money especially in division 1 schools. But that 's not the case in the ncaa even though there bringing most of the money to the schools and the league the players…

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…

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, personally,…

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 and athletic programs of universities across the United States (Should). The NCAA generates…