Sports and Society is honored to welcome Ricky Volante, chief executive officer and co-founder of the Historical Basketball League, the first national basketball league for college students that will substantially compensate college athletes based on their athletic ability beyond just a college education.
Volante will join students, faculty, staff and guests to share the vision of the HBL, which is being founded on the idea that college sports are popular because they are sports played by college students, and that NCAA-style amateurism is a means of excluding athletes from the financial benefits of the league, rather than as a benefit to fans or athletes.
The league's inaugural season will be in 2020, with opening tip off set for June 19 (Juneteenth).
Learn about the development of the HBL and its goals for student-athletes. Pizza will be served!
