The NCAA and the exploitation of college profit-athletes : an amateurism that never was / Richard M. Southall, Mark S. Nagel, Ellen J. Staurowsky, Richard T. Karcher, and Joel G. Maxcy.

"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-athlet...

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Main Authors: Southall, Richard M. (Author), Nagel, Mark S. (Author), Staurowsky, Ellen J., 1955- (Author), Karcher, Richard T. (Author), Maxcy, Joel G. (Author)
Other title:The National Collegiate Athletic Association and the exploitation of college profit-athletes
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2023]
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 338 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1643363794
9781643363790
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 13, 2023).