Sunday, January 29, 2012


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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