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We want our college football and basketball, just as we all want essential services like groceries and hospitals to stay open through the Covid-19 pandemic. But Craig Garthwaite of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University says all those demands put unfair burdens on unpaid athletes and poorly-paid workers of color to serve a richer, Whiter clientele. For college athletes, at least, Garthwaite says, change does seem to be on the way.
By KSFRWe want our college football and basketball, just as we all want essential services like groceries and hospitals to stay open through the Covid-19 pandemic. But Craig Garthwaite of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University says all those demands put unfair burdens on unpaid athletes and poorly-paid workers of color to serve a richer, Whiter clientele. For college athletes, at least, Garthwaite says, change does seem to be on the way.