Race, Racial Attitudes and Public Opinion Toward the Financial Compensation of College Athletes

• In Event: How Race Shapes Political Attitudes

Brief Overview

Employing eight years of polling data on NCAA reform, we find massive racial differences in how people understand the issue and a growing polarization among whites based on ideology and racial attitudes.

Authors

• Kevin Wallsten, California State University-Long Beach

• Tatishe Mavovosi Nteta, University of Massachusetts-Amherst