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Should NCAA players get paid for playing?
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Mar 10, 2016
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Should NCAA players get paid for playing?
Last year, fans wagered around $9 billion on the tournament while the NCAA took in almost $11 billion in broadcast rights. But the players get none of that.
Gonzaga's Domantas Sabonis drives against UCLA's Isaac Hamilton (10) during the second half of a college basketball regional semifinal game in the NCAA Tournament Friday, March 27, 2015, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Gonzaga's Domantas Sabonis drives against UCLA's Isaac Hamilton (10) during the second half of a college basketball regional semifinal game in the NCAA Tournament Friday, March 27, 2015, in Houston.
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David J. Phillip/AP
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Last year, fans wagered around $9 billion on the tournament while the NCAA took in almost $11 billion in broadcast rights. But the players get none of that.

This weekend is Selection Sunday, the day when the NCAA announces the 68 college basketball teams that will play in March Madness and there's a lot at stake for most of the parties involved.

Last year, fans wagered around $9 billion on the tournament while the NCAA took  in almost $11 billion in broadcast rights. But the people doing the heavy lifting, the players, they get none of that. That's because they're getting something sports officials say is much more valuable, a free college education.

Lately though, the NCAA-invented term of the "student-athlete" is being challenged both in court and in the court of public opinion. 

wrote about this in his new book,  "Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion vs the NCAA," and he joined A Martinez to talk about it.