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Author Zimbalist, Andrew S., author

Title Whither college sports : amateurism, athlete safety, and academic integrity / Andrew Zimbalist
Published New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (389 p.)
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
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject 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
College athletes
College sports -- Corrupt practices
College sports -- Economic aspects
College sports -- Management
College sports -- Moral and ethical aspects
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1978828160
9781978828155
1978828152
9781978828162