The NCAA is sort of the UN of college sports – they serve as the connective body for thousands for sports programs, from the biggest and richest to the smallest – They coordinate the post season tournaments and govern the overall ethics of collegiate sports. On the surface, it would appear that it is a completely altruistic venture – but when you look at the “numbers” you realize that they are dealing with a lot of revenue. The salary of their top guy ($800,000/year) is enough to give you pause.

This comes in the wake of changes to the game of college football (perhaps what the lawmakers are truly irked by) – Rules regarding the time keeping (essentially making the games shorter and thereby more attractive to tv audiences with more time for commercials) and the addition of a 12th game to the regular season (eliminating the bye week for many programs – which, typically is used for student-athletes to “catch up” in school) have come under much scrutiny /ridicule and continued speculation that it’s just “all about money”.