NCAA Scandal Rocks College Basketball Days Before March Madness
March Madness is going to be a little bit crazier than normal this year. Scandal is rocking college basketball just before the big tournament.
Nick Dimengo, Senior Editor at FHM Magazine, weighs in on the revelations made about payments to college basketball players. A number of top programs around the country are involved, including University of Arizona, Duke, and UNC.
Dimengo says he thinks a number of the teams involved in the scandal will still go all the way during March Madness. He says his Final Four are Duke, Villanova, Michigan State, and Wichita State.
NCAA President Charlie Baker announced Tuesday that he wants the organization to create a new tier of Division I athletics where schools with the most resources can offer unlimited educational benefits, enter into name, image and likeness partnerships with athletes and directly pay them through a trust fund.
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