This article discusses a lot of information regarding the
NCAA’s annual income and the fact of some illegal paying to “student-athletes.”
There is a lot of information to prove points in how the NCAA has had such a
vast growth in income over the course of a few decades. Also, it discusses ways
in which the organization has changed and has not changed. The main point of
this article is directed to the arguments of “student-athletes” being paid or
not paid.
The world of college sports is in a time of controversy.
With money “unknowingly” being thrown around to only some athletes, people are arguing
both sides of the spectrum. Pay or not pay the athletes. Major universities like
Michigan, Texas, Florida, Penn State and others each make 40-80 million dollars
a year, after paying the coach, yet still do not pay the student-athletes. It
is not the fact that some college athletes are getting paid, but that more of
them are not. The NCAA makes billions of dollars a year through the viewings of
games in the sports of football, basketball and others. Basically the NCAA
makes a ton of money and enables universities to make money on the unpaid labor
of the athletes.
In 1880, Walter Camp graduated from Yale and decided to
become the founding father of American football. During this time football was
played by 15 players on each side and was a very brutal sport. In seeing an
upsetting photo, Roosevelt decided to civilize or destroy football. This is
when 68 colleges founded a new organization known as the NCAA. From the early
beginnings, some students were complaining that they were not getting paid an
equal amount as upper-class man. However, the New York Times said they expected
no changes. In the early years the NCAA made nearly $3.1 million per football
season, more money than the NFL had been making then. Over the course of a few
decades, the NCAA has seen changes and has also seen things remain the same.
