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While players are governed by draconian rules, coaches can enjoy the fruits of the free market.
雖然球員們有嚴格的規(guī)則管轄，教練們卻可以享受自由市場帶來的紅利。
The University of Connecticut, for example, just lured coach Danny Hurley with a six-year contract worth roughly $3 million a year.
例如，不久前，康涅狄格大學剛向教練丹尼·赫爾利發(fā)出了每年約300萬美元，為期六年的合同邀請。
Coaches are also free to profit from their celebrity by giving paid speeches, hawking branded products or selling instructional videos.
教練們還可以通過發(fā)表付費演講、代言品牌產(chǎn)品或銷售教學視頻等方式，用自己的名氣賺錢。
THIS DISPARITY is all the more unseemly since the FBI has started nosing around college basketball's shady underbelly.
然而，自從聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局開始調(diào)查大學籃球運動的陰暗面以來，教練和球員之間的這種差距就顯得越來越不合時宜了。
The ongoing federal probe has led to the arrests of assistant coaches and corporate-marketing representatives
目前正在進行的聯(lián)邦調(diào)查已經(jīng)讓多位助理教練和企業(yè)營銷代表被捕，
who allegedly arranged under-the-table deals to steer promising players to certain schools or tie them to financial advisers after turning pro.
這些代表涉嫌私下安排交易，引導前途廣闊的球員進入某些學校，或在他們轉為職業(yè)球員后將他們與財務顧問綁定在一起。
The scandal led the University of Louisville to fire Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino
這一丑聞促使路易斯維爾大學開除了名人堂教練里克·皮蒂諾，
after $100,000 was allegedly funneled to the family of a top prospect in exchange for his commitment to the school.
據(jù)稱，為了讓某位前途無量的學生繼續(xù)在該校效力，他曾向該學生的家人輸送了10萬美元的資金。
Pitino has denied knowing about such a payment.
皮蒂諾拒絕承認他知道這筆交易。
This black market is a direct result of the NCAA's outdated restrictions.
這一黑市就是NCAA早已過時的規(guī)則帶來的直接結果。
If a school thinks a player is worth six figures, then that player should have a right to maximize his earning power.
如果一個學校認為某個球員值六位數(shù)，那么這個球員就應該有權利最大化他的賺錢能力。
Even if the NCAA refuses to allow players a fairer share of its $1 billion pie,
即使NCAA拒絕讓球員在其10億美元的蛋糕中分得更公平的份額，
the organization could permit them to earn money through sponsorships with shoe companies or local car dealerships.
他們也可以允許球員們通過鞋企的贊助或代理當?shù)仄嚻放苼碣嶅X。
So does this mean we are all a bunch of March Madness–loving, binge-viewing-at-work hypocrites?
那么，這是否意味著我們都是一群熱愛“三月的瘋狂”、一邊工作一邊狂看電視的偽君子呢?
Without a doubt.
這點毫無疑問。
But decrying the injustice of big-time basketball's amateurism rules doesn't mean you have to stop fueling the college sports economy.
不過，譴責一流籃球的業(yè)余規(guī)則的不公正并不意味著你必須停止為大學體育經(jīng)濟提供動力。
March Madness is the greatest guilty pleasure in sports.
三月的瘋狂是體育界最罪惡的樂趣。
After all, the NCAA knows what it's got:
畢竟，NCAA知道自己得到了什么：
there's a reason TV rights to the tournament will increase to about $879 million in 2019, a 16% jump over two years.
2019年，這項賽事的電視轉播權將上漲到8.79億美元左右，比兩年前上漲了16%，這是有原因的。
So please forgive us, Sister Jean, while we root on for Cinderella.
所以，我們?yōu)椤盎夜媚铩保寮s拉大學漫步者隊）加油的時候，請原諒我們吧，瓊嬤嬤。
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