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Humanities
- ISSN: 2155-7993
- Journal of Modern Education Review
Fans Perceptions of Exploitation in College Sports by George Parham
George Quentin Parham
(Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)
Abstract: College sports, particularly football and basketball have become large sources of revenue and prestige for Colleges. However, with the majority of the participants being African-American males, many of whom if not for athletic prowess would not be able to attend these Colleges, there have been rumblings of exploitation of these athletes who outside of a scholarship do not receive any compensation compared to what the Schools receive. Many studies have been conducted regarding the opinions of players, College Athletic Directors and Coaches but nobody has ever asked the fans, whose support is the Fulcrum of this multibillion-dollar industry. I will conduct a Quantitative study using a convenient and snowball sampling methods due to time constraints, as well as constructing a 10 Question Survey to Measure Fans Perceptions of Exploitation among College Sports with an emphasis on Football and Basketball.
Key words: college sports, race, fans, exploitation
