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The Rich Get Richer: Scraps for Everyone Else In the United States of America, it can be said that we live in a nationwide system of oppression. Whether it pertains to color, race, religion, or economic standing, there is a natural perceived division between the privileged and the rest. The same can be said about the system that NCAA deploys with participating institutions. There are the privileged big universities that constantly make profit from athletics and then there’s everyone else that struggles to break even. It’s a trend that has been established for many years and a trend that will continue to hinder the competitiveness of college athletics; the rich will get richer, leaving everyone else struggling to stay afloat. As attention …show more content…

This is done precisely because a contradiction exists in the quest for all teams to have the best and newest facilities, there is a natural flow of the capitalist system, someone is always winning, whereas others are losing or at the very least, not winning as much (Harvey, 2006). Thus, the individual, the corporation, or, in our case, the athletics departments must always attempt to keep up with the most accomplished if they intend to win, but it is mathematically impossible for all to succeed (“The Role of Athletics”, …show more content…

The difference in revenues and fundraising between schools aren’t unique to just the Big East Conference, the bottom-dwellers of each conference struggle to stay with the pack. Meaning that if an institution doesn’t compete at the highest level, your profitability decreases exponentially; and competing at the highest level doesn’t guarantee success. The NCAA has created a system that has corporatized college athletics. Winning is still the goal, but the reason why has become extrinsic. The reason isn’t necessarily for the exhilarating emotion that one feels when the goal of winning a championship is completed, but rather a satisfied feeling because the future just became a lot

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