Kylia Carter, the mother of Duke freshman Wendell Carter, compared the current NCAA system to “slavery and the prison system” during a speech this week.
Check out her comments:
Kylia Carter (Wendell Carter Jr.'s mom) had some STRONG words today about the current state of the NCAA. This is mandatory viewing!
"It looks like there is an attempt to legalize purchasing people… I see the NCAA as overseers of a system that is similar to [slavery & prison]" pic.twitter.com/ejfm99gCEq
— Jeff Jones (@JeffJonesSports) May 7, 2018
Here’s more form USA Today:
“The problem that I see is not with the student-athletes, it’s not with the coaches or the institutions of higher learning but it’s with a system … where the laborers are the only people that are not being compensated for the work that they do while those in charge receive mighty compensation,” she said. “The only two systems where I’ve known that to be in place are slavery and the prison system. And now I see the NCAA as overseers of a system that is identical to that. So it’s difficult for me to sit here and not say that there is a problem that is sickening.”
Carter, who was added to the program Friday after another scheduled speaker had to cancel, went on: “I think the covers should be pulled back so everyone can see the truth and be aware of what’s really happening to the student-athlete and their families because once these students are recruited to these institutions of higher learning … at the end of the day, the talent is being purchased, but the talented are not receiving any of the benefit. The colleges are only recruiting the talented kids for their talent. They’re not recruiting them because they will excel academically at their institution. So (what) is the benefit of them going to that institution?
