Opinion — the Con that is ‘Amateurism’

By Ricky Volante, ESQ.   “Amateurism” is a Con.   Earlier this week, thirteen players at the University of North Carolina were suspended for selling shoes they received for participating on UNC’s football team. The same UNC that avoided any penalty from the NCAA for shuffling their players through sham courses — the same UNC academically ranked 30th in the country according to US News. This is the same UNC whose head football coach, Larry Fedora, posited two weeks ago about the