When they defeated the iraqi army. They left huge sophisticated arms behind. So they are self sufficient military wise and financially. The other way they are different, they are not a gift to anyone. They have their own sovereign state which is bigger than britain. There they are very selfsufficient and very independent. So those are three major characteristics that differentiate from al qaeda. The other one is social media. They are not dependent on the mainstream media. They can communicate with their people through the internet very quickly with out any interviewed kitchen or anyone in the middle of this process. So thats why it is actually very sophisticated. As we talk more about this, it is not dependent on one man. It is not a oneman show. It is the centralized leadership. Osama bin laden used a lot of publicity. We would love to see himself or see himself on nbc and cbs. But when it comes to big daddy weve only seen him once on the screen and we havent seen him again. That als
That these refuses benefit College Athletes and their student bodies at large. But i think we have to consider whether the lure of such riches could corrupt the basic mission of Athletic Programs. Winning teams get higher payouts than losing teams which creates a strong incentive to win. An incentive which land grant public universities and others are more than happy to follow and win at any cost. Much of the money is often funneled right back into the sports programs in the form of multimilliondollar coaching facilities and state of the art facilities many of it paid for by the taxpayerses to perpetuate the cycle of winning. I think somewhere in my reading here, about 48 million of all the 900 million that ncaa gets from, you know, their broadcasting, march madness and all the rest of it, a very small portion goes specifically to academics. But even thats hard to figure. Because nobody has the figures. Mr. Emmert works for them. They make the decisions. He carries out what they want.
This hearing will come to order. I want to thank all of you very much for coming here. You are a bit squeezed in. But water is on the house. Become portable and the black. College sports has an absolutely extraordinary position in the culture of our country, not only College Sports inspired incredible fan passion across the country but provided a very important way for young men and women as is britain, both to athletics as an avocation and get aunt in education, we are doing some talk about that today. And providing an avenue to college, as they would otherwise not have existed and it is important to understand that. College athletes and athletics are rooted in the notion of amateurism. The history of that is interesting going back to the founding of the n. C. A. A. In 1906 and going back to the greekss concept of amateurism. College sports is supposed to be an avocation. Students play College Sports for love of the game, not for love of money. Many people like the notion of College S
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Where ever possible, make College Athletes fair and competitive. Recognize the rights. Uphold the rights of College Athletesmp. Et give them a voice and challenge universities, in turn, to make wise, straight forward decisions about the compatibility of commercialized sports with education. Thank you. Thank you very much, mr. Branchtn. Es the general rule around here ist that witnesses speak for five or six minutes. But i failed to make that clear. It says five minutes right here, but i wasnt watching. Sorry. Anyway, just keep it to five or six or seven minutes. And i thank you for your testimony. And it was my fault. Mr. Bradshaw, a former director of athletics at temple university. We welcome you, sir. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen of the committee, good afternoon. Your invitation to me to testify today about promoting the wellbeing and academic success of our student athletes is much appreciated. Its an honor for me this afternoon to represent the 1600 plus institutions and 11,000