Pay to Play: Race and the Perils of the College Sports Industrial Complex

by Lori Latrice Martin, Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner Ph.D., Nicholas D. Hartlep Ph.D.

Overview

This book advances the debate about paying "student" athletes in big-time college sports by directly addressing the red-hot role of race in college sports. It concludes by suggesting a remedy to positively transform college sports.

• Examines the longstanding controversy regarding whether colleges must "pay to play" when it comes to being competitive in high-profile sports and how this debate intersects with perceptions of race

• Suggests a remedy for transforming big-time college sports that can simultaneously benefit colleges and universities, non-revenue generating sports, elite college athletes, and professional sports teams

• Presents provocative and insightful information for scholars and students in the fields of sociology, kinesiology, education, gender studies, black history, sports management, urban studies, communications, and labor relations as well as for current athletes, former athletes, and fans of college sports

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440843167
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/20/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	207
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Lori Latrice Martin, PhD, is associate professor of sociology and African and African American studies at Louisiana State University.

Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner, PhD, is Shirley B. Barton Endowed Associate Professor in the College of Human Sciences and Education at Louisiana State University.

Nicholas D. Hartlep, PhD, is assistant professor of urban education at Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Amateur Athletes and the American Way

Chapter 2: Creation of the Amateur Athlete in America

Chapter 3: Racial Segregation and Amateur Athletics

Chapter 4: Rise of the Black Male Athlete at Predominately White Colleges and Universities

Chapter 5: Commodification of Black Bodies

Chapter 6: Current Controversies: An Analysis of the Northwestern and O'Bannon Cases

Chapter 7: Pay to Play: The Case for Compensation

Chapter 8: Rules for Transforming Amateur Athletics

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Editorial Reviews

A particularly strong and new argument is the authors' linking of black male athletes in "high-revenue-generating" college sports to the controversy over paying college athletes. . . . Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; researchers and faculty.” —Choice

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