The Case Against Amateur College Athletics

November, 1982

Like lava from an overheated volcano, the evidence against the hypocrisy of college sports continues to bubble to the surface. It comes from coaches and athletes; some realize how corrupt the system is, some don't--but in either case, we can't say we haven't been warned. Testimony has come so often and in so many forums, in fact, that it would take a considerable effort to ignore the big lie of collegiate athletics. Anyone who glanced even occasionally at the nation's sporting press, for instanc...