“March Madness” Is Big Business

Here are some statistics from Erik Sherman’s April 2015 article for Fortune “College Basketball Coaches and Their Slam Dunk Salaries” [http://fortune.com/2015/03/21/college-basketball-coaches-and-their-slam-dunk-salaries/]. (Billy Donovan has since moved on from the University of Florida to the NBA.)   Duke University Coach: Mike Krzyzewski Total pay: $9,682,032 Maximum bonus: N/A University president pay: Richard H. Brodhead, $1.1 million Basketball…

Faculty Coalition against the Exploitation of College Athletes

A group of faculty from across the United States has formed an organization called College Athletes Rights and Empowerment Faculty Coalition (CARE-FC). The group has released a statement. Here are the introductory paragraphs: “The multibillion-dollar college-sport industry is built on the work of an unnamed and unrecognized labor force, the majority of who are racial…