The Ncaa and the Exploitation of College Profit-athletes - An Amateurism That Never Was

"A well-constructed and reasoned debunking of the mythology of amateurism in for-profit NCAA athletics. The NCAA and the Exploitation of College Profit-Athletes provides a comprehensive historical, sociological, legal, financial, and managerial argument for the reclassification of profit-athletes as employees. The authors cut through the institutional doublespeak of approved benefits, cost-of-attendance stipends, or "name, image, likeness" (NIL) collectives and provide evidence that the NCAA's amateurism has been a collusive, exploitative, and racialized "pay for play" scheme that disproportionately affects Black profit-athletes. They offer a forward-thinking structure in which individual labor contracts, or a potential collective bargaining agreement, address profit-athlete compensation and working conditions"--

About the author

Joel G. Maxcy is professor and department head of sport business at Drexel University.

Product details

• Authors: Richard T Karcher, Joel G Maxcy, Mark S Nagel, Mark S. Nagel, Richard M Southall, Richard M. Southall, Richard M./ Nagel Southall, Ellen J Staurowsky, Ellen J. Staurowsky
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781643363776
• ISBN: 978-1-64336-377-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system