The New Plantation examines the controversial relationship between
predominantly White NCAA Division I Institutions (PWI s) and black
athletes, utilizing an internal colonial model. It provides a
much-needed in-depth analysis to fully comprehend the magnitude of the
forces at work that impact black athletes experiences at PWI s. Hawkins
provides a conceptual framework for understanding the structural
arrangements of PWI s and how they present challenges to Black athletes
academic success; yet, challenges some have overcome and gone on to
successful careers, while many have succumbed to these prevailing
structural arrangements and have not benefited accordingly. The work is
a call for academic reform, collective accountability from the
communities that bear the burden of nurturing this athletic talent and
the institutions that benefit from it, and collective consciousness to
the Black male athletes that make of the largest percentage of athletes
who generate the most revenue for the NCAA and its member institutions.
Its hope is to promote a balanced exchange in the athletic services
rendered and the educational services received.