The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Its Effect on the Students

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According to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), for the year 2011- 2012 the NCAA revenue reached $871.6 million, most of which came from the rights agreement with Turner/CBS Sports. The NCAA is also forecasting that 2012- 2013, revenue is projected to be $797 million, with $702 million coming from the Association’s new rights agreement with CBS Sports and Turner Broadcasting. In taking a closer look at NCAA and their practices as it relates to the distribution of revenue, The President of the NCAA, Mark Emmert salary according to the association’s new federal tax return was, nearly $1.7 million dollars.
Consequently, most Executives and Coaches are highly rewarded through compensation for example, “Alabama's Nick Saban and Texas' Mack Brown has earnings that total an estimated $5.1- 6 million dollars.” Scholarships alone do not meet the requirements to help aid student athletes for an entire semester or year, therefore when all the funds are exhausted the student is left to figure out how to fund the next meal, with a complex season schedule it’s impossible for the individual to seek employment and NCAA prohibits the student athlete to rely on any other sources of income.
Taking a look at the amount of revenue college football players bring in for their University, many are living below the poverty line, even with the help of scholarships the amount after tuition, meal-plans and textbooks is just not accommodating. If you take a look at a Division I Scholarship, that comes to be about $25,000 dollars per year, now if you deduct from the amount left over which will account for the miscellaneous cost that will arise during the year scholarships alone do not meet the requirements to help aid student athletes. ...

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..., but it's wrong for me to get $20 to get something to eat? (Ganguli, 2013)” I agree that college athletes should be compensated within reason, compensation to help aid through those tough times when funds are no longer available. To help satisfy the requirements of the NCAA, by protecting the integrity of the program and keep the student players from being tempted to accept awards and sign autographs.

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http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/NCAA/Finances/Revenue http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9698504/arian-foster-says-took-benefits-playing-tennessee-volunteers Study:College Athletes Worth 6 Figures, Live Below Federal Poverty : www.ncpanow.org/news_articles http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/09/13/ncaa-rules-trap-many-college-athletes-in-poverty/ http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6778847/college-athletes-deserve-paid

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