Comparison between NCAA Coach's salaries and NCAA Athlete's salaries
The NCAA is a multi billion dollar business, where NCAA Coaches combined are paid $53.4 million dollars and the NCAA Athletes combined are paid $0 dollars.
Understanding the Salaries, Revenues, and Expenses
Listed above is various salaries, revenues and expenses among NCAA programs, coaches, and scholarships. The numbers that stand out in this list is the difference between Rick Pitino's salary as the Boston Celtics Head Coach compared to being the head coach of the Louisville Basketball Coach. While there is an 11 year difference between the two, it's still stating the salaries of head coaches of NBA coaches and NCAA coaches are relatively the same. The only difference is the players in the NBA are being paid millions while the athletes in the NCAA are paid nothing.
Cartoon Drawing Illustrating the Views of College Athletes and
This cartoon illustrates two college athletes and their conversation about why they're not being paid. The irony in this cartoon is that both of the guys represent college athletes, while the car behind them that they are pulling represents the NCAA and professional sports. The message of this cartoon is that the only payment these college athletes are receiving is a degree, and they feel like it's not a smart choice considering they're pulling the weight of the NCAA with the endorsements, T.V. contracts, and much more.
"Somebody is being paid, but not the right person."
In his diagram you can see the comparison of what these athletic programs are spending compared to the amount of money they are giving to the athletes. As you can see there's a significant gap between the two, with the amount of money spend on T.V. contract deals, endorsement deals, etc. being larger than the amount of money they spend on giving out scholarships to the athletes. On the right side of the diagram you can see the amount of money made in media contracts for the top five conferences in NCAA.
Cartoon Drawing Illustrating an Argument between a Coach and Player of Salaries
In this cartoon drawing, you can see the sarcastic representation of the argument that NCAA coaches are overpaid. The phrase in the box is acting as the context of the of the cartoon, and the phrase in the bubble is the athlete speaking.
Sports Illustrated Cover Featuring Pay for Play Argument
Sports Illustrated covered the idea of "Pay for Play" in one of their monthly issues. On the cover of the magazine, they portrayed various college athletes. In the article, Sports Illustrated gathered multiple view points on the idea of "Pay for Play." Also, they interviewed multiple college athletes and students and took their input on the debate.
Times Magazine Covering the Debate of Paying College Athletes
Time Magazine represented Johny Manziel, an important role player for the argument of paying college athletes, on the front cover to correlate with the main article. In the article, Time Magazine discussed the debate on why athletes like Manziel should start being paid for their efforts.