I am amazed at the commercial aspect of college sports in the US. College football and basketball have such a large fan following and is a multi-million-dollar commercial venture! It's a profit-making system for almost everyone --- EXCEPT the players, who are putting on the show and providing the entertainment! I understand that they receive a free education, and the really good players go on to get lucrative contracts in the professional league. But I feel it is sure "madness" that so many people are making money on a bunch of college students who are actually putting on the show.
A lot of college athletes make themselves available to the PRO league long before they complete their education. I don't really blame them, because that's where the money is, and what if they acquire a career-ending injury while playing that extra year in college when they could have made millions playing pro?
It is, however, nice to see the importance college programs give to sports. Back in India, college sports is only considered a hobby. When I represented my college in the Inter-collegiate Badminton tournament within the University of Mumbai, I could not even get reimbursed for travel to/from the tournament venue. It was near impossible to get money to buy equipment for the game; we had to buy our own shuttlecocks during practice.
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