The NCAA is a 'billion-dollar sports behemoth' that 'should not be a nonprofit'
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'This billion-dollar sports behemoth should not be a nonprofit'
Scott Hodge at The Washington Post
Despite its "nonprofit status, the National Collegiate Athletic Association is big business," says Scott Hodge. The NCAA is "lobbying Congress for antitrust and labor protections," but "any deal should require the NCAA to shed its tax-exempt status and reincorporate as the for-profit sports and entertainment behemoth it has become." It's "time for the NCAA to go pro." In "form and function, these organizations are no different than the major professional sports leagues."
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