Who is the NCAA

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kw7pd4 said:
Wasn't the NCAA formed by the member schools and are all voluntary members ?

In other words, formed their own police force ?
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Yes. It's a voluntary organization. Anyone can drop out, but of course then whom are you going to play?
 
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GreveHaller said:
While the University of Tennessee and the University of Tennessee Athletic Department share the same name they are funded entirely different. The university is tax funded but the AD is funded thru the revenue it genereates as well as funding the scholarships.

A monolopy is where there are many buyers but only one seller. This isnt the case with the NCAA. Each member school is free to enter or leave at any time. On top of that there is another league they can join - the NAIA. While the NCAA is the most predominant, influential, and prosperious it isnt the only game.
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:peace2: Bro gene you need to look up the definition of monopoly; that is when a specific individual or enterprise has sufficient control over a particular product or service to determine significiently how others shall have access to it. I think the NCAA is a monopoly plus unconstitutional. WOW :salute: Join up now:salute:
 
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treedogvol said:
:peace2: Bro gene you need to look up the definition of monopoly; that is when a specific individual or enterprise has sufficient control over a particular product or service to determine significiently how others shall have access to it. I think the NCAA is a monopoly plus unconstitutional. WOW :salute: Join up now:salute:
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that would be fine if they didnt have the ability to leave at will. There are other avenues to go - independent or NAIA. May not be as attractive but there are other areas to go. A true monolopy would try to push the NAIA out of business and the NCAA has never done that.

A monolopy has to do with business and the price they set. They can move the price up or down at will depending on the elasticity of the market. Problem is there is no 'price' in the NCAA. If they had control over ticket prices it would be different but they dont.
 
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And another thing is when Tax dollars funds a school that is to be for education and outside sources benefit from the school name or in this case the school sports program. And NBC, CBS, ABC, espn, etc make hugh proffitts from a educations sports program. Lets make a new rule or go a little farther (LAWS) saying ABC,CBS, NBC, ESPN, ect have to pay enough money to those schools to pay for all the students to get a free education. No tax money, let ESPN and these etc greedy money grubbers pay what they should. Stop paying these EGO tripper coaches millions and do the sports for the students like they pretend to do. LOL
 
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GreveHaller said:
what you're saying is to disband all sports. Because as long as there as sports there will need to be someone to govern them. Disband sports and you take away a large group of students from getting a higher level education for free or a highly reduced price. You can also ask the city of Knoxville and its merchants how they would like not having the revenue from football, basketball, etc... that they receive on game day.

Good luck with that.
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Ask the people who sold Mules for a living what happened when a tractor came along. We need to get rid of the Mules for sale sign. Educate students and let the atheletes be atheletes. Sports are stagnant. The bcs can play with their BS with the sports junkies picking teams like Louisville, BYU, or Cincinnatti as a contender but we all know only about 5 to 10 teams will always be the teams to beat. UT went about what 50 years? before a championship. And somebody want to defend the NCAA. They have used Tax dollars to create a monopoly thay nobody can even touch.:clapping::clapping::hi:
 
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#33
Budget Overview
■For the current fiscal year (2009-10) UT Athletics has an $100.85 million operating budget.
■UT Athletics is one of only a handful of departments in the country that receives no funds from state subsidies or taxes. The only non-athletic department generated revenue is a $1 million contribution to women's athletics department coming from student fees to fulfill Title IX responsibilities.
■A May 2008 report in the Chronicle of Higher Education stated that only 17 of the more than 300 athletics programs in all of Division I - about 5 percent - earned a net profit between 2004 and 2006.
■During the FY 2009, UTAD contributed approximately $6.26 million in direct cash for various non-athletic campus purposes.
■In FY 2010, UTAD's total direct contributions to the university system will exceed $10.35 million.
■The athletic department paid $7.65 million for scholarships for student-athletes in fiscal year 2009.
■UTAD is the most highly taxed athletic department in the country, with Tennessee fans paying 14.25% tax ( 9.25% state and 5% city/county) on all football and men's and women's basketball tickets.
■Peer institutions such as Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, LSU and Texas pay no tax on athletic tickets.
■UT Athletics paid approximately $4 million in sales tax in 2007-08.
■UTAD leverages football and basketball programs to generate ticket revenues, private gifts and marketing sponsorships and utilizes revenues generated by football and basketball success to fund other sports programs and supporting infrastructure.

University of Tennessee Athletics Athletics

Straight from UT's own site.
 
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