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Black Market

An Insider's Journey Into the High-Stakes World of College Basketball

by Merl Code
James Shippy
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From a former college basketball player and Executive at Nike, a "riveting" (Sports Illustrated) insider's account into the business of college basketball exposes the corrupt and racist systems that exploit young athletes and offers a new way forward
For Merl Code, basketball was life.
In college he played point guard for Clemson before turning pro. Later, when he pivoted to marketing, he found himself thrust into a startling world of profit-driven college basketball programs. He realized that the NCAA's amateurism rules could be used to exploit young athletes, and athletes of color in particular.

Now, for the first time, Code will share his side of the explosive story of college basketball's dark reality—a system that begins with young talent in AAU programs and culminates at the highest levels of the NBA.

Propulsive, urgent, and eye-opening, Black Market exposes the truth to offer a more just way forward for both colleges and athletes.

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  • Release date

    March 1, 2022

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781488213205
      • File size: 235621 KB
      • Duration: 08:10:52

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The author is a former college basketball player who, as a recruiter of player-representatives for Nike, saw firsthand how colleges exploited young athletes, often manipulating them to become part of the money-making machines that college sports have become. Narrator James Shippy's masculine voice and big-city vocal personality work well to convey Merl Code's intelligent perspectives, as well as his moral rectitude. As a shoe company marketing executive, the author says he often funneled money to student-athletes under the table, in no small part to redress their having been used and manipulated by college athletic departments without compensation beyond their scholarships. With his pitch-perfect phrasing and palpable empathy for the author's moral journey, Shippy's performance infuses Code's finely honed observations with pathos and dignity. T.W. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

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