Study: Blacks More Likely to Favor College Athlete Pay

NCAA president Mark Emmert has long held that college student-athletes should not be compensated beyond the aid they already receive. A University of Texas at Dallas study has found that the public is inclined to agree with him.

Researchers interviewed more than 420 randomly chosen households throughout the country and found that roughly two-thirds of respondents did not favor paying college athletes. However, African-Americans were twice as likely as whites to support athlete compensation. Gender, marital status and level of education were also considered. The study results appear in the journal Sport in Society, with possible follow-up studies to offer a wider sample.

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