In 2010, the NCAA signed a 14-year deal that totaled $10.8 billion dollars with CBS and Turner Broadcasting.<\/p>\n
The NCAA reported in 2012 that 81 percent or $705 million out of the $871.6 million they took in that year was due to deals like the one they signed with CBS\/Turner Broadcasting.<\/p>\n
While Division-I is reaping the benefits of a $10.8 billion dollar deal, Winona State University isn\u2019t able to meet the NCAA and NSIC standards for scholarships.<\/p>\n
According to Winona State athletic director Eric Schoh, the school gives 59.10 scholarships to the women\u2019s programs and 63.60 for the men\u2019s programs, standards that were set by the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.<\/p>\n
During the 2014-2015 season, Winona State gave out 31.48 scholarships to the women\u2019s programs and 38.39 to the men\u2019s programs. This put Winona State in 9th place among the 16 teams in the NSIC.<\/p>\n
Unlike Division-I, Schoh said when it comes to payment for scholarships, Division-II doesn\u2019t give full-ride scholarships.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do have some in other sports, that get closer to a full-ride, but you\u2019re $10,000 or $20,000 or whatever it is, that\u2019s a pretty good payment,\u201d Schoh said. \u201cI have two sons in college and neither one is getting any money for the things that they\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
The most that Winona State can gives is between $1,000 and $20,000, a scholarship that can be renewed each year. Schoh said the school isn\u2019t saving money by not spending to the NSIC\u2019s limit.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re spending what we have,\u201d Schoh said. \u201cIf we had more, we\u2019d give more.\u201d<\/p>\n
The tuition at Winona State is annually $17,167 for in state students and $22,864 for out of state students.<\/p>\n
Schoh said no money that goes towards tuition is going to the sports budget.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no direct tuition dollars that generate a tutoring program or athletic program,\u201d Schoh said. \u201cYour tuition dollars come from the specific class that you\u2019re taking. So I don\u2019t know if Division II is ever going to be in a specific situation where we have that kind of dollars generated to where we can have that conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schoh said the value of the education that a school like Winona State is giving, should be more than enough.<\/p>\n
The University of Minnesota is considered to be a part of the \u201cPower Five\u201d conference, which includes: the Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC and ACC.<\/p>\n
Comparing the University of Minnesota and Winona State\u2019s athletic budgets is quite different, with the University of Minnesota athletics having an annual budget of $96 million and Winona State\u2019s budget of $5 million.<\/p>\n
Schoh said, \u201cAt our level, with our budget, we\u2019re generating about, in corporate sponsorships and ticket sales, $400,000, less than 10 percent of what the budget is. There is no revenue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schoh said \u201cabout half\u201d of the $5 million dollar budget is going to salaries and benefits, an amount Schoh said is close to what other student-related services receive.<\/p>\n
A survey was conducted at Winona State university for the 375 student-athletes, asking about Pay-For-Play. Of those student-athletes, 57 responded across 10 sports that Winona State offers.<\/p>\n
Of those 57 survey participants there were 24 students who said they believe college athletes should be paid, while 27 students said they believed they should be paid for their participation in their athletics at Winona State.<\/p>\n
The numbers change when asked if colleges\u2019 should be able to sell a student-athlete\u2019s likeness, for example, a jersey that has that student-athlete\u2019s name on the back. 41 students said they should receive some compensation for selling their likeness.<\/p>\n
Former UCLA men\u2019s basketball player Ed O\u2019Bannon sued the NCAA, Electronic Arts, and Collegiate Licensing Company after seeing his character in a video game where they had his name on the back of the jersey. O\u2019Bannon felt the company owed him money, just like the students felt about selling their likeness.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Bannon, Electronic Arts, and The Collegiate Licensing Company settled the court case in Aug. 8, 2014 for $40 million dollars, with money going to O\u2019Bannon and other college athletes that were also in the game.<\/p>\n
For jobs during the school year, 25 student-athletes said they worked during the school year. One student said they worked 21-30 hours a week and no more than 31 hours per week. There were 15 student-athletes who said they worked 1-10 hours per week.<\/p>\n
That number increased dramatically for student-athletes working during the summer, more than doubling with 53 students saying they work during the summer and 32 students working more than 31 hours per week.<\/p>\n
Schoh said there is a big difference between Division-I and Division-II athletics, outside of the money. Schoh doesn\u2019t want Division-II athletics to become a \u201cminor league for professional sports.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schoh said based off his experiences, student-athletes should be grateful.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m starting to get to be one of the old guys in Division-II in our league and I remember working for two years for free, just to get my foot in the door to get a job,\u201d Schoh said. \u201cI never felt like I was being exploited or taken advantage of.\u201d<\/p>\n
Overall, Schoh believes that Division-II and Division-III can offer student-athletes a more complete experience, rather than a pipedream of becoming professional.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s definitely more likely in Division II and Division III that you\u2019ll stay the full four, five years because you\u2019re probably not at that talent level,\u201d Schoh said. \u201cI think the culture and expectation is people understand you\u2019re here for your education first.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In 2010, the NCAA signed a 14-year deal that totaled $10.8 billion dollars with CBS and Turner Broadcasting. The NCAA reported in 2012 that 81 percent or $705 million out of the $871.6 million they took in that year was due to deals like the one they signed with CBS\/Turner Broadcasting. While Division-I is reaping … Continue reading College Athletics: Pay-For-Play<\/span>