The NCAA reported nearly $1.1 billion in revenue in their 2017 fiscal year, according to USA Today Sports’ Steve Berkowitz, which unsurprisingly sparked the never-ending argument regarding the amateur status of college athletes.
According to Berkowitz: “It is the first time the association has surpassed $1 billion in annual revenue, although it had come close in two of its past three fiscal years.”
There are two valid arguments to be made for each side. On the one hand, athletes for major universities who play the three or four “big” sports earn their school boat loads of revenue.