<p>I agree with warrior1183 that the problem is complex. Typically with complex issues the best thing to do is follow the money (TV contracts) as stemit suggests. The root of the problem is the NCAA, College Presidents, College ADs who have let a system run amok for the last 30 years. Big Time Sports Colleges have turned their attention to making money in an ever escalating athletic and graduate research competition with other schools, and away from educating the undergraduate population. Until the NCAA is reformed, and the TV contracts are controlled will our college undergraduate education system have a chance to succeed once again. IMHO college sports and athletics in general is a national epidemic…people can’t get enough. As a society we are putting way too much emphasis on athletics and not enough on education to compete with other countries. This is not yet a national issue but I hope and pray it starts to get attention very soon. </p>
<p>I have some very strong feelings on this topic. Specifically on how thing are, and how they should be. If I was President for a day, big time college athletics would be forever changed. The first thing I would do after the TV contracts would be to change the amount of time a student can spend on their sport. There would be a dramtic change in the number of hours in a day spent on a sport (go down) versus the number of hours spent on education (go up). </p>
<p>Did you know the NCAA gets 90% of their revenue from the NCAA D1 basketball tourney? I say we start there! [Money</a> and March Madness - Video | FRONTLINE | PBS](<a href=“http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/money-and-march-madness/]Money”>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/money-and-march-madness/)</p>
<p>This is one of the best articles I’ve read in a long time - [The</a> Shame of College Sports - Magazine - The Atlantic](<a href=“http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/10/the-shame-of-college-sports/8643/2/]The”>The Scandal of NCAA College Sports - The Atlantic)</p>
<p>How to Fix College Sports - [How</a> to Fix College Sports - The Atlantic](<a href=“http://www.theatlantic.com/debates/college-sports/]How”>http://www.theatlantic.com/debates/college-sports/)</p>
<p>“Beer and Circus” - Murray Sperber</p>