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Ex-Duke star's mom blasts college basketball system, compares it to slavery and prison | News & Observer

The NCAA college basketball system is comparable to slavery and prison in its exploitation of labor, the mother of former Duke standout Wendell Carter told a panel dedicated to improving college athletics Monday.

"The problem that I see is not with the student-athlete, it’s not with the coaches and the institutions of higher learning, but it’s with a system like the only system I have ever seen 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," Kylia Carter told the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.