{"product_id":"ncaa-exploitation-college-profit-athletes-9781643363783","title":"The NCAA and the Exploitation of College Profit-Athletes | Southall, Nagel, Staurowsky, Karcher \u0026 Maxcy","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe NCAA and the Exploitation of College Profit-Athletes: An Amateurism That Never Was\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Richard M. Southall, Mark S. Nagel, Ellen J. Staurowsky, Richard T. Karcher \u0026amp; Joel G. Maxcy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA well-constructed and reasoned debunking of the mythology of amateurism in for-profit NCAA athletics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the last 60-plus-years, as the revenue-generating capacity of \u003cstrong\u003ePower Five \u003c\/strong\u003efootball and men's basketball has dramatically increased, NCAA Division I Power Five football and men's basketball players (college profit-athletes) have been economically exploited, their labor has been severely restricted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo mask this inequity, the NCAA and its members created, disseminated, and embedded a fictitious \"collegiate model of athletics\" established and repeatedly modified for the benefit of member schools, designed to ensure profit-athletes were denied employment status and just compensation for their athletic labor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe NCAA and the Exploitation of College Profit-Athletes: An Amateurism That Never Was\u003c\/em\u003e provides a comprehensive historical, sociological, legal, financial, and managerial argument for the reclassification of profit-athletes as employees. Such a reclassification would permit profit-athletes to gain not only fair financial compensation but also equal access to educational benefits that have been promised but systematically denied.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe authors trace how Power Five college sports have morphed into a hyper professionalized and commercialized sport–business enterprise.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey provide evidence that at least since 1956 the NCAA's amateurism has been a collusive, exploitative, and racialized \"pay for play\" scheme that disproportionately affects Black profit-athletes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe authors cut through the institutional doublespeak of approved benefits, cost-of-attendance stipends, or name, image, likeness (NIL) collectives to lay bare the immorality of Power Five college sports.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe NCAA and the Exploitation of College Profit-Athletes\u003c\/em\u003e makes the case that profit-athletes (and their representatives) must have the right to unionize and freely negotiate a collective bargaining agreement with management (e.g., NCAA, Power Five conferences and athletic departments).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition, this book offers a forward-thinking structure in which individual labor contracts, or a potential collective bargaining agreement, address profit-athlete compensation and working conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook Data:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781643363783\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10: \u003c\/strong\u003e1643363786\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Richard M. Southall, Mark S. Nagel, Ellen J. Staurowsky, Richard T. Karcher, Joel G. Maxcy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition: \u003c\/strong\u003eReprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBook Binding: \u003c\/strong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eUniversity of South Carolina Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/strong\u003e2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49735827521851,"sku":"1643363786","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9781643363783.jpg?v=1777315575","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/ncaa-exploitation-college-profit-athletes-9781643363783","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}