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Historical Perspective of Walter Byers (first executive director of the NCAA)

This video is reflecting on a man who built the NCAA and tried to tear it down. His name is Walter Byers. He served as the first executive director for the NCAA in 1951 and for the next four decades he made the organization into the money making ponzi scheme currently today. Byers was credited for the expansion of the NCAA men's basketball tournament into the current system called "March Madness." During his time, Byers also created the enforcment divison, and defended the role amateurism by going after schools and coaches who were breaking rules. He grew the business of the NCAA by negotiating a long string of increasingly lucrative TV deals, and turned March Madness into an economic and social sensation. However, in 1984, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the schools who wanted to control their own TV deals. This led to numerous schools and conferences in making much more money than the NCAA. Byers retired from the NCAA in 1988, and surprisigly turned against the old principles he created. Recongizing that the NCAA and universities were making huge money from the backs of all the athletes. In his book (Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Exploiting College Athletes), Byers turned against the NCAA in its current form, saying it established "a nationwide money-laundering scheme." He even explained the term student athlete. This term was created by Byers to help colleges avoid providing long term disability payments to players injured while playing their sport (and making money for their university and the NCAA). This is a story that needs to be reminded of as states are taking a stand against the NCAA. Let me know what you guys think?