The NCAA and the Exploitation of College Profit-Athletes
An Amateurism That Never Was

Richard M. Southall (Author), Mark S. Nagel (Author), Ellen J. Staurowsky (Author), Richard T. Karcher (Author), Joel G. Maxcy (Author)

9781643363776

Hardback, published 4 May 2023

354 pages, 18 b&w tables, 8 figures
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.272 kg

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.