NCCA Sports Scandal: Synopsis, Financial Costs, and Impact on Institution

This presentation discusses the NCCA Sports Scandal of 2017, which involved coaches, an agent, and a sports apparel company illegally profiting from young basketball players. The scandal resulted in financial and other costs for the coaches and the association, including a loss of goodwill in the market. The scandal also caused a decrease in donations, season ticket sales, and enrollment numbers. The presentation concludes that the NCCA must introduce fundamental changes in its working if it wants to operate successfully in college sports.

Sports and Society
NCCA Sports Scandal

 In the year 2017, various coaches of NCCA (National
Collegiate Athletic Association) , an agent and a sports apparel
company were found illegally profiting from the branding
opportunities for the young players of basketball.
 Its basic cause is the receipt of huge amount of money by the
association along with the universities from the ‘sports apparel
brands ‘(Rosenberg, 2017) .
 While the student athletics are expected to wear the apparel of
these companies and to play whole heartily for the love of
basketball.
Synopsis of the NCCA Sports scandal

 The scandal occurred:
 When two of the students belonging to the association began
to publicize their entrepreneurial skills publicly .
 Upon this, NCCA threatened them with ineligibility as their
website mentioned that they were both swimmers .
 This shows that NCCA has banned its students from
promoting their skills openly so that it can make money from
their talent instead(Staples, 2018).
When did the event occur

 As a result of the scandals :
 The coaches of NCAA had to bear huge amount of financial and
other costs .
 The financial costs included $179,000 including self imposed
sanctions .
 Other costs included issuances of show cause notices to the
coaches due to which there was a loss of goodwill of the
association in the market (Greer,2018).
 There have been a decrease in donations, season ticket sales and
enrollment numbers due to the fraud.
Financial and other cost occurred to the association due to the scandal

 Due to the scandals , the public is losing trust in college
sports (Wolf , 2017).
 NCAA also used to regulate snacks which were available for
the players . After huge oppositions , it had to lift up the
limits on the snacks (Kessler,2015).
 It was accused to be powerless and unaware of the frauds and
scandals committed by its coaches.
Various ways the scandal cost the institution

 Hence to conclude , it can be said that :
 NCAA has to introduce fundamental changes in its working if
it wants to operate successfully in the college sports .
 Lastly, it also has to lift up the limits on the snacks available
to the student athletes else it shall face legal and financial
penalties in the court .
Conclusion

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asketball-scandal-cleanup-costs-high/531893002/
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https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2015/11/07/college-sports-recruiting-nutrition
 Rosenberg, B.(2017) . How the N.C.A.A. Cheats Student Athletes .The New York
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andy-miller
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