It's TED Talks Daily. I'm Elise Hugh. Should college athletes get paid? They work 40 to 50 hours a week and risk their health and safety. Former NCAA investigator Tim Nevis asks, why shouldn't they get paid beyond a scholarship?

Colleges and universities make billions of dollars on the names and

talents of their elite athletes. In his eye-opening talk from TEDx Dayton 2020, Nevis details

the injustice and exploitation of athletes across the United States. In college sports, American universities are exploiting disproportionately black athletes for billions of dollars while diminishing their education, health, and safety.

Let me start with a bit of history. In November 1984, an undersized quarterback from Boston College named Doug Flutty

through a game-winning touchdown pass against the defending National Champions University of Miami.

As the Hail Mary Pass floated through the fall air in front of a pack stadium,

millions more watched with excitement on TV.

After the dramatic win, undergraduate application rates at Boston College shot up by 30%,

revealing to universities the enormous marketing value of building high-profile sports programs.

That same year, the United States Supreme Court heard a case in which the universities of Georgia and Oklahoma

challenged rules that limited the number of Georgia and Oklahoma challenged rules that

limited the number of football games they could play on TV. Those schools saw the opportunity to not

only make money by televising their games, but to also market their universities to the world.

The Supreme Court agreed that the broadcasting restrictions were illegal, and schools began to negotiate TV deals worth millions.

That case opened the floodgates to money in college athletics,

and with it, ever-growing conflicts of interest that prioritize sports over education,

promote wins over health and safety,

and reinforce the disturbing racial and economic inequities in our country.

Since then, the growth in college sports has been extraordinary, and schools have earned record

revenues year after year. The spending during that same time period has increased at almost the same

dramatic pace

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