Interest Convergence: A Revolutionary Theory for Athletic Reform
Billy Hawkins, PhD - University of Georigia
Author of The New Plantation: Black Athletes, College Sports and Predominately White NCAA Institutions
The structural arrangement of the intercollegiate athletic system at the NCAA Division FBS level, in relations to Black male athletes in revenue generating specifically, has been classified as a plantation system. Similarities in the plantation system and the intercollegiate athletic system are: economic exploitation, social and cultural suppression, institutional racism, and political