5 , ▁only ▁about ▁ 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Hockey ▁League ▁( N HL ) ▁players ▁are ▁black ▁or ▁of ▁mixed ▁black ▁her itage . ▁ ▁NCAA ▁sports ▁have ▁mirror ed ▁the ▁tr ends ▁present ▁in ▁American ▁professional ▁sports . ▁During ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 5 – 2 0 0 6 ▁season , ▁black ▁males ▁compr ised ▁ 4 6 . 9 ▁percent ▁of ▁NCAA ▁Football ▁Bowl ▁Sub div ision ▁( F BS ) ▁and ▁ 5 8 . 9 ▁percent ▁of ▁NCAA ▁Division ▁I ▁basketball . ▁The ▁NCAA ▁statistics ▁show ▁a ▁strong ▁correlation ▁between ▁percentage ▁of ▁black ▁athlet es ▁within ▁a ▁sport ▁and ▁the ▁re venue ▁generated ▁by ▁that ▁sport . ▁For ▁example , ▁University ▁of ▁North ▁Carolina ' s ▁ 2 0 0 7 – 2 0 0 8 ▁men ' s ▁basketball ▁team ▁( the ▁team ▁was ▁ 5 9 % ▁black ▁relative ▁to ▁the ▁ 3 . 7 % ▁black ▁population ▁of ▁the ▁institution ▁as ▁a ▁whole ) ▁generated ▁$ 1 7 , 2 1 5 , 1 9 9 ▁in ▁re venue , ▁which ▁compr ised ▁ 3 0 ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁school ' s ▁athlet ic ▁re venue ▁for ▁the ▁year . ▁Given ▁NCAA ▁rules ▁prohib iting ▁the ▁payment ▁of ▁players , ▁some ▁have ▁come ▁to ▁see ▁the ▁structure ▁of ▁NCAA ▁athlet ics ▁as ▁explo itative ▁of ▁college ▁athlet es . ▁Some ▁believe ▁that ▁since ▁black ▁athlet es ▁compr ise ▁a ▁high ▁percentage ▁of ▁athlet es ▁in ▁high ▁re venue ▁college ▁sports ▁( F BS