Whoever thought professional basketball doesn't invade school athletics clearly has never heard of the NCAA. The National Collegiate Athletic Association is an organization for college athletes, but as Netflix's new movie Amateur shows, it can reach far beyond college to high school and sometimes even middle school. Amateur follows the journey of Terron Forte, an eighth grade basketball player, who is recruited by the exclusive prep school, Liberty, as a direct path towards the NCAA. In Amateur , Liberty Prep is not only home to a prestigious basketball program, it's also an elite private school.

The NCAA is the face for college athletics, and it generates billions of dollars every year for the top universities in the United States. This is the first documentary that challenges the N Read all The NCAA is the face for college athletics, and it generates billions of dollars every year for the top universities in the United States. This is the first documentary that challenges the NCAA from the perspective of former student-athletes.

Subscriber Account active since. Main character year-old Terron Forte is a star on his school basketball team, but to get to the next level his family enrolls him in a shady prep-school. In doing so, we see firsthand the corruption behind youth athletics where the kids no longer play for the coach, or to get into college, or even the NBA — they play for the brands. To capture that authentic feel, Koo cast year-old actor Michael Rainey Jr. And as he explained to Business Insider, what came with that decision were a lot of restrictions that, if navigated incorrectly, could have crippled the entire movie.

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