Is College Athletics a Business?

Although this post is not in regard to a recent news article that has been posted, it is in reference to a documentary that was on Epix.  This documentary, Schooled the price of college sports, was a very interesting and eye opening video to watch.

This film chronicled the history of college athletics (more so football and basketball) as well as the creation of the NCAA.  For me, as I watched the video I was amazed to grasp the full understanding of how money seemingly is at the helm of decisions that have been made and rules and regulations that have been created and sanctioned by a governing agency - who through its' own history - took this role on themselves.

True to media form, this film does portray many times one side of the story - however, to the credit of the producers, it does appear they wanted to have current leaders within the NCAA to speak on behalf of the organization and they refused.  I have always known that sport and competition is a very large part of the American culture, I just didn't realize the extent to which, from the film's perspective, the athlete's are profited off of.  If you have a chance to view - I highly encourage and you can draw your own perspectives.