Kareem Abdul-Jabbar argues...

...in favor of unions in college sports. From his piece in Time (his emphasis):

• Last year, NCAA March Madness made $1 billion for CBS and Turner Broadcasting.
• The NCAA takes in more than $6 billion a year.
• The NCAA president made $1.7 million last year.
• The NCAA’s top 10 basketball coaches earn salaries that range from $2,200,000 to $9,682,032.

While these coaches and executives may deserve these amounts, they shouldn’t earn them while the 18-to-21-year-old kid who plays every game and risks a permanent career-ending injury gets only scholarship money — money that can be taken away if the player is injured and can’t contribute to the team anymore.