One of the reasons for this change is the lack of funds for the players. There are many benefits to paying college athletes. In many cases, athletes who go to school on scholarships are treated differently than academic scholarship recipients. The N.C.A.A. should not have jurisdiction over a player?s earnings outside his sports participation. The rules need to be looked at and changed. Even if each and every one of its ruler-to-the-wrist regulations was written for a sound reason, the collective impact is that the NCAA?s treatment of the student-athlete has become unnecessarily punitive and hopelessly out-of-date (McCallum, 1996).

One of the biggest complaints lately from college basketball fans is that too many

The college athletic scene is a huge market. Colleges profit greatly off big-time college sports. They are the ones that the fans come to see and are therefore responsible for bringing money to the college. The CBS network agreed in 1994 to pay $1.7 billion to broadcast the men's college basketball tournament for the following eight years (Economist, 1996). Not only is this a big money maker for advertising it is big for everyone. Behind the super bowl it is the biggest gambling event. In short, everyone who regulates college sports, will make a tidy buck from the event (Economist, 1996). Everyone, that is, except the athletes (Economist, 1996). Not only are athletes not profiting in any way for their sport, they are not even allowed to take other jobs. They are not allowed to take jobs in the college library or the local McDonalds (Economist, 1996). If one was to violate the rules, the price is expulsion (Economist, 1996).

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