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

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

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.

Top-tier college sports are extremely profitable. Despite the billions of dollars involved in the amateur sports industrial complex, none winds up in the hands of the athletes. The controversies surrounding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440843155
• ISBN13: 9781440843150
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 17 years