If you were to actually to see what the NCAA was created for. You wouldn't believe what they are in charge of.  The NCAA was created to look over eligibility school violations. Now its not only in charge of that it also handles TV contracts.  It is in charge of promoting games and its also in charge of distributing  money towards schools. The NCAA what started as an small organization turned into an multi billion corporation. The NCAA annual revenue is 10.6 billion dollars. The NCAA makes more revenue than The NFL(9 billion) MLB (7 billion) NBA (3.8 billion) and NHL (2.9 billion). This shows how the NCAA is a juggernaut in American sports. Financially it can go toe to toe with any pro league. The NCAA spends 707.2 million.10.5 billion is spent by college athletics  programs. Even though the NCAA makes a lot of money it does not distribute it equally. The biggest benefactor of the wealth is Division 1 schools. Which makes sense because its best division they have. It also receives the biggest media attention. Which attracts the best players in the country. The other divisions don't receive half of that. Division 2 receives 4% and division 3 only receive 3%. The other two high benefactors  are Championships (13%) and programs and national services (19%). The sports that bring the biggest revenue is Football (15.8 million/ school) and Basketball (10.1 million/ school).  For the football the 5 most profitable schools are Texas ($68,830,484) , Georgia ($52,529,885) Penn state ( $ 50,427,645) , Michigan ($44,861,184) , Florida ($44,258,193). The most profitable Basketball conferences.  

Most Profitable College Basketball Conferences	Men’s Basketball Revenue
Big East	$154,122,296
Big Ten	$138,054,933
ACC	$133,479,911
SEC	$124,636,534
Big 12	$105,706,308
Pac-10	$80,129,005
A-10	$54,582,759

                                                                     

"NCAA College Athletics Statistics." Statistic Brain RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Mar. 2015.

    College athletes the closest thing to a pro. They're only obligations are to be a student and an athlete. One of the biggest controversies discussed about them is if they should be paid. Some people believe  they should be paid that school and sports take so much time out that they have no way to get money for necessities. Others say that they the school paying for their education and that's enough. In an article in U.S news.com by Horace Mitchell. Horace is on the point of view that they should not be paid. He argues that their not pro athletes. In the article he says  "They are students receiving access to a college education through their participation in sports, for which they earn scholarships to pay tuition, fees, room and board, and other allowable expenses. Collegiate sports is not a career or profession. It is the students' vehicle to a higher education degree." He is right but School and sports are very time consuming to the athlete that they don't have time for a real job. In an article in the Huffington post written by Tyson Harnett. He argues that athletes should get at least some payment. School and sports take so much time out an athletes. In the article he also says "The point of this is that a scholarship doesn't equal cash in a player's pocket. Even with any type of scholarship, college athletes are typically dead broke. But how much do the top NCAA executives make? About $1 million per year. Who else makes money off these near-professional level athletes?
First, their own coaches. Many coaches earn at least $100,000 per year to coach one of the major sports like baseball, basketball, or football at a school. These coaches will receive bonuses for getting to the playoffs, winning championships, or breaking school records. You know what athletes receive as a bonus? Nothing." I agree with this. The NCAA and coaches are making money of the athletes. I don't believe they should be paid large amounts of money but they should be paid an amount to cover basic necessities. Not all the athletes make it to the pros. Some get injured. They sacrifice to much to the school they don't receive any compensation.

Hartnett, Tyson. "Why College Athletes Should Be Paid." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 21 Oct. 2013. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

            Mitchell, Horace. "Students Are Not Professional Athletes." US NEWS. N.p., 6 Jan. 2014. Web.

       

Beginning of Organized Sports in America." Beginning of Organized Sports in America. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2015.




   NCAA a juggernaut sports world. Home to march madness and the football national championship. The gateway to the pros. But has the NCAA gone to far. It wasn't always the the big corporation it is now.  Inter collegiate sports in the U.S began in 1852. It was between groups of Yale and Harvard. They competed in a race of rowing. In the 1800 rowing was the top sport at the time. The organizations in charge of athletic eligibility were the Rowing Association Of American Colleges And the Intercollegiate  Rowing Association. The first collegiate baseball game was played in 1859 between Amherst and Williams. The first football game was played in 1969 between Rutgers and Princeton. The first football game was a soccer game. The football we know now was an alteration of rugby. The core were then put in the early 20th century. The NCAA was formed in 1906. It was composed of 63 schools. It was formed because their was no administrative control. Students would miss class to go to games or be in one class to be eligible. The growth in women sports was different than males. Women were limited to sports they could play. The only options they had were croquet, archery and tennis. Their sports were taken seriously they were looked as hobbies a way to promote good health towards women. Then it expanded to bowling, boating, ice skating, archery, swimming and horseback riding. By the 1890's women were allowed to play basketball, tennis volleyball golf track and field and field hockey. 1920's and 1930's grew even thought societies thoughts were that some sports women were playing were to masculine. The discrimination stopped in 1972 when passage of title IX was created which stated that their should be no discrimination.

      Now the NCAA has expanded. Division 1,2,3 were created in 19 The NCAA is now home to 1281 schools and 450,000 students. There is 11 division one conferences. The NCAA currently awards 89 national championships. 44 of those championships go towards women and 42 go towards the men. There is one coed championship for fencing rifle and skiing. 88 of those championships are televised. NCAA television contracts with CBS sports, CBS sports network, ESPN, ESPN Plus and Turner sports.  ESPN holds the rights to 21 championships. CBS holds the rights to 67. Turner hold 1.To participate in college athletics a freshman must meet 3 requirements. They must graduate from high school. Complete the minimum required academic courses. They also have to meet the required GPA SAT ACT scores. The 16 academic credits are four courses in English, two courses in math, two classes in social science, two in natural or physical science, and one additional course in English, math, natural or physical science, or another academic course such as a foreign language. To meet the requirements for grade point average and SAT scores students the lowest possible GPA a student may be eligible with is a 1.700 with an SAT score of 1400. The lowest SAT score a student may be eligible with is 700 with a GPA of 2.500. If a violation is refereed to the NCAA they will start their own investigation.The biggest punishment NCAA This  shows the sponsor the NCAA has

Company	Category	Since
AT&T	Wireless services	2001
Coca-Cola	Non-alcoholic beverages	2002
The Hartford	Mutual funds and related financial services	2004
Enterprise Rent-A-Car	Car rental	2005
Lowe's	Home improvement	2005
CapitalOne	Banking and credit cards	2008
Kraft (Planters)	Snack foods	2008
Hershey's (Reese's)	Confections	2009
LG	Electronics	2009
UPS	Package delivery and logistics	2009
Nissan (Infiniti)	Car & parts	2010
Unilever	Personal-care products	2010

     College sports has set its self apart from other sports. Its is even surpassed some professional leagues in TV time ,viewership and revenue. A lot of American professional leagues depend on the NCAA its become developmental system for them. To  most athletes its their only ticket to the pros.

1. Should college Athletes be paid?
2. Considering the limit in scholarships should the majority be invested in athletics?
3.Is NCAA fair to all genders and sports?
4.Is it wise to be an one and done athlete?