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john oliver, last week tonight ↳ the ncaa

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Hochman vs. Kiszla: Is Kentucky destined to win the NCAA Tournament and go 40-0?

Hochman vs. Kiszla: Is Kentucky destined to win the NCAA Tournament and go 40-0?

Kiz: Instead of the school fight song, when the Kentucky Wildcats take the floor at the NCAA Tournament, the band should strike up “Sweet Georgia Brown.” The Wildcats are the Globetrotters. And the rest of the tourney field is the hapless Washington Generals. Right? Call the whole thing off. Crown the Cats? Not so fast.

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Contemporary Reparations

NCAA been point shaving off our books. ($1Billion)

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Congratulations to the #UNCW men’s tennis team on its fourth #CAA title in the last six On to the

Congratulations to the #UNCW men’s tennis team on its fourth #CAA title in the last six On to the Congratulations to the #UNCW men's tennis team on its fourth #CAA title in the last six years. On to the NCAA's. pic.twitter.com/oA3vsqxliN — UNCWAthletics (@UNCWAthletics) April 20, 2014 http://dlvr.it/5V6PVQ

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#LSU is set to compete in the NCAA Semifinal at 1 pm Friday!

#LSU is set to compete in the NCAA Semifinal at 1 pm Friday! #LSU is set to compete in the NCAA Semifinal at 1 pm Friday! http://t.co/3CwQ6GEVmZ pic.twitter.com/zh37RaehAp — LSU Gymnastics (@LSUgym) April 17, 2014 http://dlvr.it/5V6PQD

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Good luck to @OU_WGymnastics tomorrow at the NCAA |

Good luck to @OU_WGymnastics tomorrow at the NCAA | Good luck to @OU_WGymnastics tomorrow at the NCAA Championships! http://t.co/2FxBTx95xH | pic.twitter.com/NFzuTC6cxs — Oklahoma Sooners (@OU_Athletics) April 18, 2014 http://dlvr.it/5V6PKY

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Student Athletes, the NCAA, a union and money

There's a lot of talk about paying student athletes right now between, Northwestern's football team unionizing and Shabazz Napier talking about going hungry at college because he can't always afford to buy food.  But I think there are some things getting lost in this discussion.

The first is that the decision to for Northwestern's football team to try and unionize is about more than getting payed.  They want medical insurance and, due process for alleged NCAA violations, and fully funded scholarships. (Probably ones that the NCAA can't take away for things administration does.)

The second thing is that this is about the NCAA not about individual schools.  You will notice that those demands are on the NCAA not Northwestern. It's the NCAA's rule that says college athletes can't hold a job. And while the NCAA makes a profit on college sports, most colleges in the NCAA do not. In 2012 "only 23 schools had athletic departments that brought in more money than they spent." 83% of FIU's athletic department's budget comes from student fees. If the athletes do get payed it's not going to come from the schools.

Final I think one of the things that gets lost the most in this discussion is that the NCAA's policies don't just affect Division I football and basketball.  The rules are the same for every single student athlete in a school that is a member of the NCAA. Not a single one of these students is allowed to get a job or make money using their name and image. That means there are many more student athletes like Shabazz Napier who can't always afford to buy food that are never going to be in a position where that will make the news.

Personally I don't think student athletes should be payed in addition to getting scholarships for playing sports in college. But they should not have to sign away everything in order to play sports in college. All student athletes deserve the things Northwestern's football players want and none of them should ever have to go hungry because the NCAA won't let them find a way to get money for food.  The NCAA owes them at least that much.

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A Yahoo! report released on Thursday links Oregon payments to two men associated with Oregon recruits. The payments were made as part of a scouting service and the Ducks have stated they were within the NCAA rules. The University of Oregon paid two men associated with multiple football recruits who signed with Ducks in the last few years, according to a report released on Thursday. The two men ...