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According to a front page essay in today's Outlook section of the Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/post...black-athletes-but-they-could-force-a-change/, college athletes are exploited by the NCAA because they play w/out pay. As most of these athletes are black, the problem is not only “perpetuating a financial injustice. It's committing a racial one.”
UConn's women's basketball team fits this profile. The players are unpaid (while the administrators, mostly white, make the big bucks), and they are mostly African-American. So, are our beloved Huskies exploited?
The Post article focuses mostly on men and especially football players. There is clearly a difference
then between gender and sport. What seems a common denominator is that most administrators are white (and generally well paid), and most of the players are black. (This is less true in so-called “minor” sports, which are often supported by the men's teams.)
Too avoid an unwieldy topic, I've narrowed the question down to our Husky women and how this “injustice” affects them (if at all). Just yesterday, we batted around the subject of Morgan Tuck's future in basketball and education. The issues of money and other opportunities were raised. Is our team the reflection of a flawed and discriminatory culture?
UConn's women's basketball team fits this profile. The players are unpaid (while the administrators, mostly white, make the big bucks), and they are mostly African-American. So, are our beloved Huskies exploited?
The Post article focuses mostly on men and especially football players. There is clearly a difference
then between gender and sport. What seems a common denominator is that most administrators are white (and generally well paid), and most of the players are black. (This is less true in so-called “minor” sports, which are often supported by the men's teams.)
Too avoid an unwieldy topic, I've narrowed the question down to our Husky women and how this “injustice” affects them (if at all). Just yesterday, we batted around the subject of Morgan Tuck's future in basketball and education. The issues of money and other opportunities were raised. Is our team the reflection of a flawed and discriminatory culture?