December 12, 2008
Principles of Amateurism Undermined Long Ago
To the Editor:
In "NCAA Takes Heat Over Commercialization of Athletes" (The Chronicle, November 27), Libby Sander reports that many members of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, including some university presidents, said the new CBS fantasy-football league represented a "slippery path" toward exploitative commercialization of college sports. What these commission members don't seem to realize is that college sports has already slipped down the path of exploitative
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