The NCAA’s Collegiate Cartel

The NCAA’s Collegiate Cartel

The NCAA’s Collegiate Cartel

Why I think the NCAA has more in common with the mob than higher ed.

Dave Zirin
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Thank you to Peter Gilbert, the masters program of sports storytelling at Wake Forest, and the director of this piece, Manie Robinson.

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Dave ZirinDave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is the author of a new book, The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn.


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