Imagine a business that brings in $60 million every year and the people who fuel that industry get no share of the revenue (Wieberg). These same people work 40 hours a week at their sport. These “people” are college athletes. The NCAA, the governing body of major college sports, is the industry that does this to college athletes (Edelman). This is a question of exploitation and control by large institutions especially over the poor. The NCAA is steering them in the direction of making money for everyone, doing everything they can to keep the players out of the money. College athletes deserve profits because they bring great revenue to their program and the NCAA and invest so much time in their sport. Athletes at these institutions bring tons of money to their school every year and deserve compensation. These universities exploit these athletes by not giving them back what they earn for their school. The numbers say it all when it comes to athletes being defrauded by their own schools. In 2004, more than 40 schools raised more than $10 million, with 10 raising more than $30 million. Several athletes across the nation are worth more than $1 million to their school (Brown). Both of these statistics are proof that even though these athletes are essential to their schools, they are still kept out of revenue. Even though these universities don't pay their players, the schools have no problem giving their coaches money. In 40 US states, the head coach of the basketball or football program is the highest paid public official (Edelman). Over the past 20 years, there has been a notable increase in the popularity of college athletes. From 1989 to 2004 there was a 27% increase in ticket revenue (Brown). Despite the rigorous schedules that the athletes had, they are still considered just students. The NCAA cannot continue to allow these schools to work athletes as hard as they do without giving the athletes what they deserve. This is a horrible, oppressive system that needs to be fixed. These athletes are being cheated out of money by people who should be looking out for their best interests. The corruption going on in the NCAA needs to be fixed and these athletes deserve to get paid. They do so much for their university and the NCAA; there is no reasonable explanation for why they should not be fairly compensated. The NCAA needs to recognize that what they are doing to these athletes is inexcusable. There must be a change in this system. The players have become just as much employees of the NCAA as the students: employees without any compensation, which not only violates common decency but perhaps also the law..