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<blockquote data-quote="WVUALLEN" data-source="post: 130920316" data-attributes="member: 1112294">08/06/2013 01:39 pm ET&nbsp;&nbsp; Updated Dec 06, 2017<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/author/daniel-treadway">Dan Treadway</a>, ContributorWriterWhy Does the NCAA Exist?The NCAA was founded in 1906 to protect young people from the dangerous and exploitative athletics practices of the time, so states the National Collegiate Athletic Association.The NCAA often likes to harp on tradition and the sanctity of the term student-athlete, but it fails to recognize its true roots.Even before the NCAA became arguably one of the most controversial tax exempt organizations in existence the association accrued $814 million in revenue in 2011, people were able to see through the absurdity of insisting that athletes not be able earn their own money as they see fit.The question arises, how did the NCAA go from being an agreement to promote safety standards so as to prevent death on the playing field, to a multi-million dollar enterprise that seems most concerned with ensuring that student-athletes do not receive any compensation pardon me, impermissible benefits for their in-demand talents?Why does an organization formed when the idea of paying money to attend a sporting event was in its infancy still operate under the same now completely out-of-context model?In short, why does the NCAA still exist?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WVUALLEN, post: 130920316, member: 1112294"] 08/06/2013 01:39 pm ET [B]Updated[/B] Dec 06, 2017 [URL='https://www.huffpost.com/author/daniel-treadway']Dan Treadway[/URL], Contributor Writer [SIZE=6][B]Why Does the NCAA Exist?[/B][/SIZE] The NCAA was founded in 1906 to protect young people from the dangerous and exploitative athletics practices of the time, so states the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The NCAA often likes to harp on tradition and the sanctity of the term student-athlete, but it fails to recognize its true roots. Even before the NCAA became arguably one of the most controversial tax exempt organizations in existence the association accrued $814 million in revenue in 2011, people were able to see through the absurdity of insisting that athletes not be able earn their own money as they see fit. The question arises, how did the NCAA go from being an agreement to promote safety standards so as to prevent death on the playing field, to a multi-million dollar enterprise that seems most concerned with ensuring that student-athletes do not receive any compensation pardon me, impermissible benefits for their in-demand talents? Why does an organization formed when the idea of paying money to attend a sporting event was in its infancy still operate under the same now completely out-of-context model? In short, why does the NCAA still exist? [/QUOTE]

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