Why I Can't Get Excited About the NCAA's New Reforms
College athletes can now get a $2,000 annual stipend—but they're still technically amateurs… More »
Taylor Branch is the author of, among other works, America in the King Years, a three-volume history of the civil-rights movement, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
College athletes can now get a $2,000 annual stipend—but they're still technically amateurs… More »
The author of "The Shame of College Sports" responds to criticism from Sports Illustrated writer Seth Davis… More »
A litany of scandals in recent years have made the corruption of college sports constant front-page news. We profess outrage each time we learn that yet another student-athlete has been taking money under the table. But the real scandal is the very structure of college sports, wherein student-athletes generate billions of dollars for universities and private companies while earning nothing for themselves. Here, a leading civil-rights historian makes the case for…… More »
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