"Masterfully reveals how the business side of college athletics actually operates. [An] eye-opening account."--SLAM

"For years while working at Nike and Adidas, Merl Code was one of the most powerful figures in college basketball. Now he delivers the insider account about how the sport really works--and how the federal case against him made no sense--that every fan should read. Well-written and well-paced, this memoir reads like a novel."--Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports columnist and bestselling co-author of Sole Influence

"Both fascinating and right on target, a much-needed look at the often bizarre path that youthful basketball talent travels."--Roland Lazenby, author of Michael Jordan: The Life

"Everybody who believes in justice and fairness for all those used and abused by the college basketball money making machine, should thank Merl Code for telling his story now--and for telling it so colorfully and engagingly. Merl paid a high price for the actions of the powers-that-be in the federal bribery scandal. The truth about the exploitative system, as he has experienced it from all sides, is long overdue. Black Market is required reading."--David Steele, award-winning sports journalist and co-author of Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith

"There is no person, in the basketball space or otherwise, that I respect more than Merl Code. His book is a penetrating insider's account of the big business of basketball, and a much-needed exposé of a system that hurts young athletes the most."--Shammond Williams, former NBA point guard and shooting guard

"Black Market is an explosive, honest, and essential account that will reframe the way you think about competitive basketball at every level. It is at once an intimate, compelling memoir and an urgent and necessary call for change."--Jay King, staff writer at The Athletic