Current Event (Week 11 - Jim Faklis)

This Media Clip is an interview with the President of the NCAA, Myles Brand. In this short interview, he addresses the importance of the student athlete and how universities should treat these people as students first rather than athletes. Also, this clip briefly examines commercialism of the NCAA. Commercialism has become somewhat more apparent intercollegiate athletics in the past few years, but Myles Brand hopes that this does not dictate how the NCAA will be portrayed in the future.  It should be noted that this is only one side of the issues. The other side of this issue deals with the NCAA and how these student athletes should have the opportunity to receive some type of financial gains or benefits from the performances they put out on the field.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O59vEd7o8_s