MONEY MADNESS

BACKGROUND INFO

DIVISION 1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER

• Devotes 43.3 hours per week to his sport
• 3.3 more than average American work

HOW MUCH DOES THE NCAA MAKE?

• 11 billion anually

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

Where is the money going?

The average college premier men's basketball coach's salary exceeds 1 million dollars

In 40 of the 50 US states, the highest paid public official is the head coach of a state university men's football or basketball team

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QUOTES TO PONDER.

"Sometimes, it just doesn't seem fair. I'm at the No. 1 football school in the country right now and in struggling to get groceries every month." --Oklahoma center Vince Carter before his football team played LSU in the BCS national championship game

"The best thing about college sports is the passion. You're playing or the love ofthegame, not because you're getting paid. If money started getig involved, I worry that college sports could be corrupted. I like things the way they are now." --Fan James Fitzpatrick, age 16 from Texas

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Pros:
College sports have become a business platform, binging in millions of dollars for universities.
College athletes are doing all the work
For the student athlete athletics come first - students miss class frequently
They play with the same risk of injury as professional athletes

RECRUITING NATION: NCAA ATHLETE DELABATE

Cons:
-Student athletes already get paid - a college education.
--If we start paying football and basketball athletes, we have to start paying all college athletes
-Where is the money going to come from?
-"Corrupting" college sports with money, contracts, etc

Stand up! (Where do you stand?)

Discussion questions:
What are the pros and cons of paying college athletes?
Where do we draw the line?
Do we pay every athlete in every sport? Some? How would we determine a "fair" system of pay?