Name: The exploitation of US college athletes
Uploaded: 2021-04-05T14:48:51Z
Duration: 10 min 2 s
Description: Colleges and universities in the US make billions of dollars each year from sports, compromising the health and education of athletes -- who are disproportionately Black -- in the name of money, power and pride. Sports lawyer and former NCAA investigator Tim Nevius exposes how the system exploits young talent and identifies fundamental reforms needed to protect players.

Colleges and universities in the US make billions of dollars each year from sports, compromising the health and education of athletes -- who are disproportionately Black -- in the name of money, power and pride. Sports lawyer and former NCAA investigator Tim Nevius exposes how the system exploits young talent and identifies fundamental reforms needed to protect players.

Tim Nevius: The exploitation of US college athletes

The exploitation of US college athletes

A clarion call for reform: safeguard health, ensure education, and address inequities within the billion-dollar college sports industry.

US college sports generate $15B annually, often at the cost of athletes’ education and health, spotlighting deep racial inequities.

Black college athletes disproportionately bear the brunt in a system prioritizing profits over education, demanding urgent reform.