Whither College Sports: Amateurism, Athlete Safety, and Academic Integrity

Intercollegiate athletics is facing economic deficits, inequality, and mistreatment of athletes. This book explores reform options and their impact on athletes and institutions.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 388 pages
Publication date: 12 November 2021
Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Intercollegiate athletics faces mounting challenges from various angles. Its economic model is generating mounting and unsustainable deficits, exacerbating inequality. Coaches and athletic directors at FBS universities (NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision), for instance, are the highest-paid employees, often by factors ranging from five to ten or more. Unfortunately, athletes are being cheated out of their promised education, receiving inadequate medical care, and being prohibited from receiving cash income. A significant shift is imminent, whether it entails reasserting the primacy of education for intercollegiate athletes or further succumbing to commercialism. This book provides an in-depth exploration of the different paths college sports reform can take and the profound implications it will have on athletes and the institutions they represent.

Intercollegiate athletics is under assault from all sides. Its economic model is yielding increasing and unsustainable deficits and widening inequality. Coaches and athletic directors are the highest paid employees at FBS universities (NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision) by factors of five to ten, or more. Athletes are being cheated on their promised education, do not receive adequate medical care, and are not allowed to receive cash income. Substantial change, either toward reasserting the intended primacy of education for intercollegiate athletes or a further surrender to commercialism, is coming. This book lays out the starkly different paths that college sports reform can follow and what the ramifications will be on the athletes and on the institutions in which they are enrolled.

Intercollegiate athletics faces mounting challenges from various angles. Its economic model is generating mounting and unsustainable deficits, exacerbating inequality. Coaches and athletic directors at FBS universities (NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision), for instance, are the highest-paid employees, often by factors ranging from five to ten or more. Unfortunately, athletes are being cheated out of their promised education, receiving inadequate medical care, and being prohibited from receiving cash income. A significant shift is imminent, whether it entails reasserting the primacy of education for intercollegiate athletes or further succumbing to commercialism. This book provides an in-depth exploration of the different paths college sports reform can take and the profound implications it will have on athletes and the institutions they represent.

Weight: 644g
Dimension: 154 x 230 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781978828131