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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/s...ike-the-pros-73-billion-for-a-start.html?_r=1
Interesting quotes....
"The gulf between the haves and the have-nots is expected to widen as revenue rises. Meanwhile, those in positions of power continue to promote the traditional model, declining, for instance, to frame the new legislation as an acknowledgment that players are no longer amateurs."
“In the old days, there was a much more even distribution of revenue between football and basketball,” said Lou Anna K. Simon, the president of Michigan State who serves on the N.C.A.A.’s board of directors for Division I universities. “That has become skewed because of the value the public has placed on football.”
“I love the sport of football,” Tranghese said. “But the collegiate athletic world as we know it is absolutely controlled by the sport of football.”
“Anytime anyone has tried to make the argument that college football is oversaturated, or there is too much, it seems to me, it ends up being a dynamic that it’s the more the merrier,” said Ilan Ben-Hanan, ESPN’s vice president for college football programming. “Fans pretty much have an insatiable appetite for college football.” (and ESPN chortles all of the way to the bank)
Interesting quotes....
"The gulf between the haves and the have-nots is expected to widen as revenue rises. Meanwhile, those in positions of power continue to promote the traditional model, declining, for instance, to frame the new legislation as an acknowledgment that players are no longer amateurs."
“In the old days, there was a much more even distribution of revenue between football and basketball,” said Lou Anna K. Simon, the president of Michigan State who serves on the N.C.A.A.’s board of directors for Division I universities. “That has become skewed because of the value the public has placed on football.”
“I love the sport of football,” Tranghese said. “But the collegiate athletic world as we know it is absolutely controlled by the sport of football.”
“Anytime anyone has tried to make the argument that college football is oversaturated, or there is too much, it seems to me, it ends up being a dynamic that it’s the more the merrier,” said Ilan Ben-Hanan, ESPN’s vice president for college football programming. “Fans pretty much have an insatiable appetite for college football.” (and ESPN chortles all of the way to the bank)