Academic Exploitation: The Adverse Impact ofCollege Athletics on the Educational Success ofMinority Student-Athletes
Elisia Gatmen · Seattle journal for social justice · 2011
My job is to protect The Entertainment Product. My job is to make sure that The Entertainment Product goes to class. My job is to make sure that The Entertainment Product studies. My job is to make sure that The Entertainment Product makes adequate academic progress according to the NCAA guidelines. . . . It is who and what these kids are. You can hate that, you can hate the system. But at the end of the day, it’s who they are. They’re the raw material in a multibillion-dollar sports and entertainment business. And it’s my job to protect them.