"A litany of scandals in recent years have made the corruption of college sports constant front-page news. We profess outrage each time we learn that yet another student-athlete has been taking money under the table. But the real scandal is the very structure of college sports, wherein student-athletes generate billions of dollars for universities and private companies while earning nothing for themselves."
Below is a link to this article. It is a must read for anyone interested in these issues:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/10/the-shame-of-college-sports/8643/