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Also, the NCAA would have to pay all of the athletes and Gary Brown had something to say about that, “Gary Brown reported that the 2011-2012 year had the highest amount of athletes for any year in the NCAA history. In that school year, there was a total of 453,347 college athletes. I am not the greatest at math, but 453,347 athlete's times $1,500 each equals out to $680,020,500. That’s a lot of

In 2010 during the off-season six Ohio State players traded Ohio State memorabilia, including: nine Big Ten championship rings, 15 pairs of cleats, four jerseys, and one national championship ring for tattoos and cash/trade. Altogether the estimated value of the Ohio State memorabilia given by the players was $12,000-$15,000. After the 2010 season, heavy penalties, a player announced for the draft early, and Jim Tressel resigned as head coach all in the fallout of the scandal. On April 2, 2010,

Cheating, you may do it, you probably have done it somewhere in your life, but what about the penalties you may suffer for being caught? People cheat in many things: school, sports, and, but not limited to, relationships. But there is many ways to cheat in those multiple examples, like in sports you can cheat with: drugs, academic eligibility, or even through recruiting. The topic of this paper is college basketball and cheating. What makes college basketball coaches break the rules, is it worth

the sport on television alone, college basketball’s ad revenue is higher than all other postseason sports. While the NBA postseason only makes around $536 million on ads, over $1 billion is spent on ads during the postseason of college basketball. I, along with several other people, believe that with this amount of money being made on ads alone, colleges would be more than able to pay their players. However, these college basketball heroes end up gaining no money from their games. Countless people

The NCAA generates billions of dollars a year in revenue, through exploiting their athletes, and demeaning higher educations making them one of the most powerful and dangerous organizations in sports. The total annual revenue of the NCAA is $10.6 billion. very year, individually, every large Division I Men’s basketball school makes about $10.1 million dollars, and every large conference football school makes around $15.8 million per year (“NCAA College”). That revenue is split between a variety of

While the NBA may seem more fun to watch because of its pro players, the NCAA has intense games as well as amazing rivalries. The NBA has a very long season of 82 games in every season while the NCAA can play a maximum limit of 31 games a season, making every game count for them as for the pros they have many games to make up for a loss. College basketball is better to watch than the NBA because every season game counts for them, the rivalries are worth watching, and their season is shorter and way

Cheating, people do it, but what about the penalties that are given to the people who are caught? People cheat on many things: school, sports, and, but not limited to, relationships. But there are many ways to cheat in those multiple examples, like in sports cheating can happen with: drugs, academic eligibility, or even through recruiting. With all the sports the focus could be on, college basketball seems to have the easiest examples of cheating. What makes college basketball coaches break the rules

or even comment anything about the University of Michigan. Jimmy King, one of the players who played with Webber, also known as a member of the “fab five”, said, “I would say that he does owe the university an apology because it is a fractured relationship. He did not necessarily do anything that he has to apologize for, but this is what I was taught: Sometimes you have to apologize for things you did not even do to be the

United States Army for World War 2. Coaching Indiana he lead them to have six perfect seasons which averaged around 24-0. The Hoosiers were unstoppable and they went all the way to win a NCAA title and 20 wins, which at the time was the record. This win put him in the record books as the youngest coach ever to win a NCAA tournament. The 20-3 record would not again be beat for thirteen years until broken by Indiana again (Pfeiffer). McCracken was also never a hateful and biased person, he viewed all players

a research of sports consumer behavior, stated, “Over 100 million people are estimated to take part in NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship Bracket contest” (Kwak 107). With the popularity that college sports have gained, a subject has been drawn-out: Should college athletes be paid to play sports? It seems that everybody gets compensated except the players playing the game. The NCAA and Athletic Directors need to compensate college athletes who play at their top level, who devote more