Word: ncaas
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...accomplished inhis hockey career. As a player at Harvard, hescored 89 points in the 1954-55 season, still aHarvard record. He led the Olympic team to asilver medal in 1956 and a gold medal in 1960. Hecoached teams to ECAC and Beanpot tournamentchampionships. And now, he has won the NCAA title...
There's a chance that the Crimson could meet the Bruins in the NCAA tournament...
...institutions of higher learning put up with all this? Because big-time sports, whose popularity is fueled by ever increasing TV coverage, are major moneymakers. For one thing, a winning team attracts alumni donations. Far more lucrative, however, are the direct revenues generated by sporting events. Last year's NCAA basketball tournament was worth $68.2 million in gross receipts; the four schools advancing to the final round got $1.2 million each. Virtually all those funds go to athletic departments rather than academic budgets. Top coaches share in the wealth, often making several times as much as university presidents. Some earn...
...priorities mixed up," says Thomas J. Niland, a member of the NCAA's rules committee. "We used to play because we thought the kids were entitled and there were some values to be learned outside the classroom -- hard work, sweat, the enjoyment of winning and even some disappointment. Then we got involved in how much money we could make at it, and it changed the game...
...outcome of a season is often determined before the opening tip-off of the first game. It begins with the high school players recruited by the school. A single talented player can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to a college -- and, indirectly, to a coach. The NCAA prohibits recruiters from offering money to prospective players. But many student athletes say recruiters offered them cash, cars and jewelry. For some young players, and especially for their families, the promise of educational help can swing their decision. It is not only the larger schools that have problems...