Whither college sports : amateurism, athlete safety, and academic integrity / Andrew Zimbalist.

Whither college sports : amateurism, athlete safety, and academic integrity / Andrew Zimbalist.

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Online Access: Full text (Emerson users only)
Main Author: Zimbalist, Andrew S. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
College sports > Corrupt practices > United States.
College sports > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
College sports > United States > Management.
College athletes > United States.
College sports > Economic aspects > United States.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Academic Papers
  • 1. Taxation of College Sports
  • 2. Reforming College Sports
  • 3. A Win-Win
  • 4. The Impact of College Athletic Success on Donations and Applicant Quality
  • Part II: Position Papers by The Drake Group
  • 5. The "Big Five" Power Grab
  • 6. Why the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) and the Graduation Success Rate (GSR) Should Be Abandoned and Replaced with More Effective Academic Metrics
  • 7. Fixing the Dysfunctional NCAA Enforcement System
  • 8. College Athlete Health and Protection from Physical and Psychological Harm
  • 9. Compensation of College Athletes Including Revenues Earned from Commercial Use of Their Names, Images, and Likenesses and Outside Employment
  • Part III: Op-Eds
  • 10. Unionizing Is Proof That College Athletics Need to Be Reformed
  • 11. College Coaches' Salaries and Higher Education
  • 12. Time for a Presidential Panel to Investigate College Sports
  • 13. Paying College Athletes
  • 14. Antitrust Exemption May Aid College Sports' Untenable Situation
  • 15. The NCAA's Women Problem
  • 16. Big-Time College Basketball in the Crosshairs
  • 17. In the End, Commission's Reform Suggestions Only Provide a Smokescreen of Legitimacy for the NCAA
  • 18. One-and-Done
  • 19. How Financial Pressures Can Lead to Athletic Scandals
  • 20. Female Athletes Are Undervalued, in Both Money and Media Terms
  • 21. The Collegiate Sports Model Is Broken
  • 22. Sports Being on Hiatus Gives the NCAA an Opportunity to Rethink the Structure of College Sports
  • 23. Has Higher Education Lost Its Mind?
  • 24. Theater of the Absurd and the Immoral
  • 25. Rutgers' Athletics Deficit Reveals the Hidden Caste in the College Sports Hierarchy
  • Index
  • About the Author

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