<p>@ Fogfog…</p>
<p>While your opinion is entirely valid, the issue is much more complex than that. Athletics gives many students an opportunity for higher education that wouldn’t otherwise get one. Given that the number of players that actually make it each year to the NFL, NBA, etc. are far smaller than the number of freshmen football players entering college each year, the system serves other purposes.</p>
<p>No one can deny that the advertising dollars for these new TV networks are governing many decisions made my the NCAA for Football, and that they are affecting other sports and inevitably academics, both positively and negatively.</p>
<p>Not to mention, that the ever rising tuition costs are creating a generation of debt ridden, over qualified and unemployed college grads.</p>
<p>The money made by Div 1 football conferences on TV deals is the most publicized issue, but it isn’t the only piece to the puzzle.</p>