In advance of The Aspen Institute’s Future of College Sports discussion on May 1, Sports & Society Program Editorial Director Jon Solomon explores the history of NCAA amateurism. “Amateurism is whatever the NCAA says amateurism is at any particular moment.”
Limited seating is still available for the May 1 panel talks about athlete pay featuring ex-Georgetown coach John Thompson III, Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich, Atlantic 10 Conference commissioner Bernadette McGlade, and others. More info here: as.pn/collegesportsfuture.
The History Behind the Debate Over Paying NCAA Athletes – The Aspen Institute
This is how we came to ask whether players could be paid.
