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A group that advocates for college athletes has filed a federal complaint that claims NCAA Division I schools are violating the civil rights of Black basketball players and major college football players by prohibiting compensation.
The National College Players Association announced Tuesday it had submitted a complaint to the Office for Civil Rights in the Education Department. The NCPA says NCAA rules prohibiting schools from compensating athletes disproportionately impacts Black students.
I believe its important to first acknowledge the reality of the business that is college football, Stanford football player Elijah Higgins said in a statement through the NCPA.
Citing a 2018 study by the University of Southern Californias Race and Equity Center, the complaint said Black men were 2.4% of undergraduate students enrolled at the 65 (Power Five conference) universities, but comprised 55% of football teams and 56% of mens basketball teams on those campuses.
This multibillion college sports enterprise imposes discriminatory practices that disproportionately harms Black athletes, while predominantly white coaches and administrators make millions of dollars, said NCPA Executive Director Ramogi Huma, a former UCLA football player. College athletes throughout predominantly white sports receive fair market compensation, but athletes in the only predominantly Black sports do not.
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msongs
(67,361 posts)the programs cannot regulate themselves in many ways and they are farm clubs for professional sports who should be running their own farm clubs if that's the model they choose.
let the pro -wannabees and the pros pay their own way
Jilly_in_VA
(9,941 posts)They make too much money. I just want to see the athletes treated fairly, and the coaches not be the highest paid public employees in the state.