Link – March Madness Tips Off With College Sports Under the Microscope

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Well when you’ve lost Dickie V, who’s left defending the status quo on college basketball?

“Even ESPN analyst Dick Vitale, a former coach and long-time defender of the status quo, is re-evaluating his position. “We got a tournament going on, and everyone’s making millions,” Vitale said in an interview with Esquire. “Let those kids be able to benefit!””

Seriously though, the article does give us a good outline of the current issues facing the NCAA, the vast amount of money being made on college basketball and football is only part of the problem, but it’s a big part that gets most of the attention.

There’s also the admission scandal and how it relates to non-revenue sports and fake athletic recruiting, ongoing FBI and DOJ investigations and court battles over the rights of athletes, and a growing sense among the public that student-athletes are not getting a fair shake.

Something has to give, and I have a feeling when it does, big time college sports is not going to look the same as it does now.

The question is, what will it be?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-21/march-madness-tips-off-with-college-sports-under-the-microscope

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