HitsRus;758882 wrote:NCAA =bad joke.
As others have alluded to, the NCAA rulebook is ridiculous. It is over 400 pages long and you practically need a lawyer to interpret it. Some schools pay nealy a million dollars a year just doing compliance paperwork. Just to play for an NCAA school, prospective athletes have to pay $65 and go thru the clearing house just for the privledge of playing by their rules.....rules that if not followed to the letter can results in suspensions etc etc etc. Most of these athletes are limited or non scholarship. One could argue that the NCAA with the cooperation of it's member schools abuses it's athletes. Anyone who has played college athletics, knows that it is equivalent to a full time job....and for that even the best of the best who receive full rides, are being compensated minimally while their schools and the organization rakes in $millions. I suppose it's 'voluntary slavery'...maybe that's how they get away with it.
A lot of misinformation in this post.
Two of the common things that people are wrong about.
Myth #1: The schools are raking in the millions.
Truth: There are only about 10 Athletic departments out there that actually operate in the black.
Myth #2: The NCAA is raking in the millions.
Truth: The NCAA is a
NON-PROFIT organization that uses the income from their successful sporting events to help give back to their member schools and help fund other sporting leagues/events that wouldn't exist otherwise.
Myth #3: Student athletes who receive scholarships are being compensated minimally.
Truth: A full ride is nothing to scoff at. People are constantly talking about the "education bubble" that is rising. There are a lot of recent graduates who attended college institution, incurred debt from loans to get the education that is supposedly a minimal compensation. And then they are now drowning in debt. I'm sorry, but a free education is nothing to scoff at with today's tuition, living, and books prices.
Also, to imply that full rides are minimal compensation seems to hint you think they should be played. Playing players would not work at all for a multitude of reasons. First, only a few schools actually operate in the black currently, so only a few schools would be able to pay SOME players. Most athletes wouldn't be paid at all and their sports most likely dropped. Currently the NCAA and College/Universities are set up to give opportunities to a variety of athletes in a variety of sports. Title IX would most likely have a huge effect on "paying" athletes; it wouldn't be as simple as most would like. Paying athletes simply isn't an option.
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