Each team selected into the BCS is given between ten and thirteen million dollars to share with their conference, depending on the revenue generated from the game (espn, College Football Gameday, 2003). ... I believe it's the only answer to the problem at the big schools," according to highly respected college football analysis, Kirk Herbstreit (espn Sportscenter, December 8, 2003) College football has been around for more than a hundred years and so has the controversy surrounding it. ... According to Mike Williams, an All-American wide receiver for the University of Southern Califor...
I perked up just a little to hear Dick Vitale, now an analyst with ESPN but also a former basketball coach expressing his views on whether or not college athletes should be paid. ... "Notre Dame is paid fifty million dollars a year for broadcasting rights to their football games by CBS according to an ESPN reporter"(Whitlock). ...
We see college sporting events on television and hear about college games on the radio; we even read about them in the newspaper. Whether it's a scrimmage or the last game in the Final Four college basketball series, you should be aware that those athletes aren't receiving a single dime from the col...
Are High School Athletes Ready for Pros? Imagine being eighteen years old again. You are a broke high school teen who struggles to make it day to day on the joke of a paycheck that you get from your minimum wage job down the street. You wonder if your rusted and sputtering car is going to ma...
History of Basketball Basketball was invented in 1891 in Springfield Massachusetts. The Game was invented by Dr. James Naismith. He had to think of a game to be played indoors during the cold New England winters. He was only given 14 days by Dr. Luther Gulick, head of physical education for the ...
The game of basketball was initially created as an indoor activity to keep football players conditioned during the winter months after the football season was over (Sprinfield College, 2014). Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick was the superintendent of physical education at Springfield College in 1891, he cha...
The debate as to whether or not college athletes should be compensated for their participation is one that has polarized student athletes, coaches, educators, legislators, and sports fans. With March Madness upon us once again, I find myself pondering this topic. The points on each side of the debate are valid, college sports are designed for amateur student athletes. But, when it comes down to the primary bread-winning sports (revenue producing), namely football and men's basketball, the debate gets more heated. The business of college sports becomes part of the pivotal policy making dec...