Frontline: NCAA and March Madness-9:00 p.m.

by **Stallion** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:59 pm

for those not philosophically opposed to liberal pinko public TV

by **Stallion** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:11 pm

March Madness supplies 90% of NCAA funding for all NCAA championships in other sports. Nothing is said about how the BCS stole NCAA Football rights. Isn't that a bigger story-where does that money go. Isn't March Madness doing more good for more student athletes than the BCS

by **Stallion** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:13 pm

Baylor takes a shot for graduating 29% of their minority athletes-I'm not sure if that's BB only. In contrast Robert Griffin who they spotlighted as a Double Major in Football

by **PonyKai** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:19 pm

Apparently the former NCAA President made $1.7 million annually and the current President chose not to disclose his current salary.

by **Stallion** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:21 pm

no mention in this report that a College recruit's decision to attend a university is purely voluntary. If he doesn't think a multiple hundred thousand dollar education is fair compensation then they can go to the NBA, NFL, MSL. MLB, Europe, Canada, or any number of other professional leagues in any number of sports to pursue a career. In fact, whenever they think they are good enough they generally do turn pro. Its their decision.

by **PonyKai** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:22 pm

Although the two examples are completely, totally dissimilar, it is kind of funny that the President of an "amateur" athletic organization makes seven figures while the Commissioner of the National Football League is currently making 1$ annually.

by **ponyboy** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:15 pm

Stallion wrote:for those not philosophically opposed to liberal pinko public TV

I'm not opposed to it. I'm opposed to being forced to pay for it.

by **GiddyUp** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:39 pm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline ... e=proglist

watch online -- 90% revenue is crazy. Men's bball subsidizes all the other sports (vball, golf, tennis, etc)

14 years, $10.8 BILLION dollars tv contract (CBS), $700M per year

Sonny Vaccaro started paying coaches with personal directly for Nike shoes in the 70's and giving the shoes away. I guess he started all the nonsense. Some coaches got stock in Nike and $500K.

And now he's the one saying the kids are getting anything -- when he started it all. wow.

by **RednBlue11** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:14 am

really astonishing at how obvious the contradictions are in what the NCAA represents and how it plainly usurps individuals rights to their own image, while forcing individuals to declare themselves ineligible to be compensated for the services they provide.

by **CA Mustang** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:26 am

ponyboy wrote:I'm not opposed to it. I'm opposed to being forced to pay for it.

Through taxes, we all are forced to pay for stuff we don't want to support.

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