Deviant Behavior, 36:429–440, 2015 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 0163-9625 print/1521-0456 online DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2014.935691 Deviant Exploitation of Black Male Student Athletes on White Campuses Komanduri S. Murty Fort Valley StateUniversity, Fort Valley, Georgia, USA Julian B. Roebuck Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Considering exploitation—regardless of whether it takes place at the organizational level or individual level—as inherently deviant, this article examines different types of exploitations experienced by black male football and basketball student athletes (BSAs) on predominantly white campuses over the last five decades by utilizing a five-point hypothetical framework. The study findings are in agreement with those of prior studies conducted in this area by sports scholars and sociologists. Additionally, this study finds that the exploitation is embedded in social class differences as well as in racial ideology and discrimination. INTRODUCTION The objective of this study is to analyze the different types of exploitations experienced by black male football and basketball student athletes (BSAs) on predominantly white campuses from the 1960s through 2013: (a) as depicted in the scholarly sports research literature (1965–2013); (b) recorded interview data we elicited from black and white SAs about their sports careers on predominantly white campuses during our combined teaching careers (1960s–2013); and (c) our campus conversations about BSAs and the student athletes’ system with academic administra- tors, faculty, staff, athletic department personnel, and white and black non-athlete students. Our research was conducted at different time intervals at: one middle-Atlantic state university, two southwestern state universities, four southeastern state universities, and two historically black col- leges and universities (HBCUs). The four white schools played big-time football and basketball sports. LITERATURE REVIEW, FRAME OF REFERENCE, AND METHODOLOGY We define all types of exploitations herein as deviant behavior because all broke prescribed academic norms, rules, regulations, goals, and/or expectations (some illegal); whether at the Received 2 December 2013; accepted 15 May 2014. Address correspondence to Komanduri S. Murty, Ph.D., Department of Behavioral Sciences, Fort Valley State University, 1005 State University Drive, Fort Valley, GA 31030-4313, USA. E-mail: murtyk@fvsu.edu