{"product_id":"book-bs0x","title":"Indentured","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e columnist and bestselling coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAll The Devils Are Here\u003c\/i\u003e  offers a fresh analysis of what’s really wrong with the NCAA, and the  legal push to bring down this morally corrupt and hypocritical  organization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than half a century, the NCAA has been one of the most  powerful, and impregnable, institutions in America, a cartel that acted  to prevent the athletes from receiving any money from their labors,  while enriching everyone else involved in college sports.  The athletes  had signed up for indentured servitude to chase their dreams of pro  glory, with the NCAA as their overlords.  Wrapping itself in the mantle  of “amateurism,” the NCAA was ruthless in its application of its rules  that prevented players from receiving anything for their talents aside  from their scholarships.  A scholarship that didn’t necessarily  guarantee an education or a diploma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in 2000, three West  Coast economists decided to take on this cartel, and laid the groundwork  for a major lawsuit.  At around the same time, a former UCLA football  player named Ramogi Huma began an organization to help and represent  college athletes.  A college quarterback decided to try to unionize his  team.  And a former sneaker marketer, Sonny Vaccaro, who was the first  to pay college coaches to get their teams to wear his sneakers, quit his  job and began to crusade against the NCAA.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndentured \u003c\/i\u003eis  the story of how this small band of renegades, working sometimes in  concert and sometimes alone, took on the NCAA, nearly bringing it to its  knees.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49335176462640,"sku":"BDbs0x","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [ZE]","offer_id":49335176593712,"sku":"ZEbs0x","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/167388-bs0x-Square.jpg?v=1733922426","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bs0x","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}