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Darryl Webb / Reuters Toward Basic Rights for College Athletes
A strike by the University of Missouri’s football team brought down the school’s president. Could similar tactics be used to get campus-sports stars across the country paid?
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Don McPeak-<em>USA Today</em> Sports/Reuters NCAA to Congress: Change Is Coming
Responding to charges of exploitation, the college-sports body promised big reforms at a Senate hearing. But questions about pay and rights for athletes remain unaddressed.
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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
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Why Scholarships Don't Count as Payment for College Athletes
The author of "The Shame of College Sports" responds to criticism from Sports Illustrated writer Seth Davis
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Evan Kafka The Shame of College Sports
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 paying college athletes—and reveals how a spate of lawsuits working their way through the courts could destroy the NCAA.
