In 40 out of 50 states, the highest paid public employee is now a college football or basketball coach. College sports is a $15 billion dollar a year entertainment industry built through the exploitation of the talent and health of the athletes – disproportionately African American males – who are barred from sharing in the wealth their work generates. Tim shares his insider’s view of this, having been both a college athlete and a compliance investigator with the NCAA. Listen as he explains why the reality of a “free college education” is not quite the benefit promised to thousands of athletes and their families each year, and identifies some common sense reforms that need to be made in order to reduce the inequities within the system of college athletics.
