At the center of the case is the sustainability of the NCAA’s vision of “amateurism” in the face of growing profits, coaches’ salaries, and public skepticism. But amateurism—the belief that sports is part of a students’ educational experience which would be undermined by the pursuit of profit— has been a tool for racist and classist exploitation since its inception.

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超越NCAA诉Alston之外的业余主义神话

案件的中心是面对日益增长的利润，教练的薪水和公众的怀疑，NCAA的“业余主义”愿景的可持续性。但是自从运动诞生以来，业余主义（一种认为体育运动是学生的教育经历的一部分，就会因追求利润而受到破坏的信念）一直是种族主义和阶级主义剥削的一种工具。