Colleges and those in higher ed live with a dirty open secret that most people just usually dismiss with a shrug when it occasionally gets exposed.
The secret?
College sports exploit mostly young Black athletes and enrich mostly White administrators and coaches.
On Monday, the indisputable truth will be in full view when Alabama plays Clemson to determine college football’s national champion.
There’s an obscene amount of money involved.
Both schools will get $6 million just for being in the College Football Playoff.
Of the $7.3 billion paid for the 12-year broadcast rights to the playoffs, ESPN will pay the CFP, separate from the NCAA, $470 million this year.
