In the documentary, Schooled: The Price of College Sports, the main idea that it is trying to get across is that college athletes are the source of many schools profits and incomes. These college athletes are not being paid with a paycheck, but however they are getting a free education. The NCAA has a huge effect on athletes because they sign a contract that deems them as "amateurs" so they should not receive a physical paycheck like professional athletes do. Another term besides amateur is "student athlete" and because they are a student first and athlete second they are not receiving pay. Now most cases could be fought saying they are an athlete first because the amount of time put into athletics compared to their school work. This is a really hard subject to be talked about because the NCAA is in complete control of these students and in many cases, if a student gets cut from a team they lose their scholarship as well. College athletes have a really rough time while they are in school and it really isn't fair for their schools to prosper while they receive nothing. Sometimes, this is the only way that these kids are going to get a higher level education because a lot of them could not afford it if it were not for their scholarship. This movie really shows how the NCAA can be looked at as a monopoly where the highest individuals make all the money and the "employees" earn nothing but a free education, which the total money of scholarships nationwide comes no where near the total revenue from fans and people buying merchandise and food.
