There are various to the levels of scandals being committed
within college sports. There are corporations who are paying universities
billions of dollars to put their merchandise on to the university athletes. In
order to do this the corporations must either buy out the school or the buy out
the coaches. Corporations are making a large profit off of university
athletes wearing their products. The SEC made over one billion dollars and the
big 10 was not far behind with 905 million dollars. This money comes from
concession sales, merchandise, and licensing fees, but the majority of it comes
from television contracts. March Madness alone pulled in over 50 million
viewers. Other scandals within the world of college sports include the
scandal that Reggie Bush, while playing for USC, was receiving free airfare,
limo rides, a car and a free home in California. This scandal was deemed as
improper benefits and his Heisman trophy was taken away. Another scandal was
the rumored recruited use by Cam Newton's father while Cam Newton was in junior
college. OSU had a large scale scandal when it was discovered that more
than 28 of the athletes were trading autographed memorabilia, including
jerseys, for money and tattoos at a tattoo parlor located downtown. There
has also been a debate as to whether or not college athletes should receive a
salary. Walter Camp is known as the father of football. He fine tuned all of
the rules and even designed the current football field. Teddy Roosevelt wanted
to either civilize or destroy football. He called a gathering of Harvard,
Princeton and Yale at the White House and they determined that football needed
to be reformed in order for it to survive. The NCAA was created and they
helped to enforce the rules of football. However it wasn't until 1939 that the
use of a football helmet was introduced.
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