Amateur Hour

The NCAA calls its athletes "amateurs" to justify not paying them. But what if the real amateurs are the big-money donors who get to play GM with their multi-million dollar donations? This week, sports economist Andy Schwarz explains how schools benefit--and are re-shaped--by their relationships with these donors. 

We also cover the racial dynamics of these relationships, the exploitation of athletic labor by the NCAA and its member schools, and Atlanta strip clubs.

“Suspending the rules for Faculty Layoffs” https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/01/22/firing-professors-kansas-just-got-lot-easier

“KU AD explains vetting of Les Miles, says parting ways ‘absolutely the right decision’” https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article249803443.html

Transcript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GcD9l4P_P9SxV6KGUqbHzl1bxCNm23xAhJCHOmk0RvQ/edit?usp=sharing

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