College sports / [compiled by Grey House Publishing].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grey House Publishing, Inc., compiler.

Series:

Reference shelf ; v. 93, no. 4.

The reference shelf, 1948-6820 ; volume 93, number 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College athletes.

College sports--Corrupt practices.

College sports.

United States.

College sports--United States--21st century--Sources.

College sports--Corrupt practices--United States--21st century--Sources.

College athletes--United States--21st century--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xiii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amenia, New York : Grey House Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

Where should America draw the line between professional and student athletes? This volume examines a variety of scandals and controversies in the college sports world, including admission scandals and the methods that recruiters and school administrators use to find, sign, and groom players. While some celebrate college sports and its role in producing players who go on to play at the professional level, others argue that college athletics denigrates the role that universities and colleges are supposed to play and that too often student athletes are exploited. Other critics argue that the entire college sports industry costs too much, resulting in rising tuition and college costs for students who receive little benefit from their institution's sporting activities. This volume also looks at whether or not college athletes deserve some portion of the more than $1 billion industry that they create. This volume begins with a preface; an overview of the debate including explanation of the risks and rewards of being a student athlete, as well as the challenges that college sports face. College Sports includes articles, documents, and other literary works that fall into five topics: Educational Environments, The Cost of College Athletics, Lives on the Line, Access to Athletics, Professionals and Amateurs. Together, this information provides thoughtful, comprehensive coverage of college sports and how the discussions surrounding it have come to be such pressing debates in modern times. - Publisher.

Where should America draw the line between professional and student athletes? This volume examines a variety of scandals and controversies in the college sports world, including admission scandals and the methods that recruiters and school administrators use to find, sign, and groom players. While some celebrate college sports and its role in producing players who go on to play at the professional level, others argue that college athletics denigrates the role that universities and colleges are supposed to play and that too often student athletes are exploited. Other critics argue that the entire college sports industry costs too much, resulting in rising tuition and college costs for students who receive little benefit from their institution's sporting activities. This volume also looks at whether or not college athletes deserve some portion of the more than $1 billion industry that they create. This volume begins with a preface; an overview of the debate including explanation of the risks and rewards of being a student athlete, as well as the challenges that college sports face. College Sports includes articles, documents, and other literary works that fall into five topics: Educational Environments, The Cost of College Athletics, Lives on the Line, Access to Athletics, Professionals and Amateurs. Together, this information provides thoughtful, comprehensive coverage of college sports and how the discussions surrounding it have come to be such pressing debates in modern times. -- Publisher.

Contents:

Student athletes and the college sports debate

Educational environments. Balancing sports and studies for college athletes

For college athletes, concern about balancing sports, academics / Bryan Toporek

In scandal after scandal, NCAA takes fall for complicit colleges / Rick Eckstein

An "epidemic" of academic fraud / Jake New

Like college athletes, these high school players get an assist on academics / Stephen Sawchuck

NCAA punishes Missouri in blatant academic fraud case / Doug Lederman

In college sports, non-athletes suffer just as much as the stars on the field / Tom Joyce

It's naïve to think college athletes have time for school / Jasmine Harris

Study : College athletes have better academic, life outcomes / Greta Anderson

The cost of college athletics. The hidden perks and expenses of collegiate sports

The high but hidden cost of college sports / Jody Lipford and Jerry Slice

Pandemic hits college sports / Greta Anderson

College athletics win and lose big / Justin Touhey

Colleges are eliminating sports teams, and runners and golfers are paying more of a price than football or basketball players / Molly Ott and Janet Lawrence

Power Five colleges spend football, basketball revenue on money-losing sports : research / Denise-Marie Ordway

The NCAA whiffed on esports : it's paying a price but can still learn a lesson / Ellen Zavian

As partnerships emerge, are college sports embracing betting sponsors? / Amanda Christovich

Lives on the line. Health risks to student athletes

Murphy takes on NCAA on college sports injuries / Ana Radelet

College sports-related injuries, United States, 2009-10 through 2013-14 academic years / Zachary Y. Kerr, Stephen W. Marshall, Thomas P. Dompier, et al.

Poor students more likely to play football, despite brain injury concerns / Amanda Morris and Michel Martin

College athletes show signs of possible heart injury after COVID-19 / Aimee Cunningham

College football on the brink : push to play undercut by virus outbreaks / Juan Perez Jr.

Access to athletics. Race and gender in collegiate athletics

"I signed my life away to rich white guys" : athletes on the racial dynamics of college sports / Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Derek Silva, and Johanna Mellis

Dangerous stereotypes stalk Black college athletes / Joseph Cooper

Gender equality in college sports doesn't have to mean separate / David Webber

NCAA takes a stand for inclusion as states target trans student-athletes : is it enough? / Dawn Ennis

NCAA warns state lawmakers against limiting transgender sports participation / Chuck Lindell

Transgender sports debate polarizes women's advocates / Kathleen Megan

The fight for transgender athletes' right to compete / Emilia Benton

Professionals and amateurs. The pay-for-play debate

NCAA amateurism appears immune to COVID-19, despite tide in public support for paying athletes having turned / Chris Knoester

The man responsible for making March madness the moneymaking bonanza it is today / Rick Eckstein

How college sports turned into a corrupt mega-business / George Leef

Paying college athletes / Brianna Rauenzahn, Jamison Chung, and Aaron Kaufman

Paying college football players is only fair / Stephen L. Carter

An argument for not allowing college athletes to earn compensation / Mary Louise Kelley

Overtime is starting a basketball league for 16- to-18-year-olds that pays at least $100,000 a year / Jabari Young

Supreme Court will hear NCAA case on college athlete pay; the case could upend the college sports business model / Leah Nylen and Juan Perez Jr.

Harvard, local universities oppose college sports gambling in letter to state house / Michelle G. Kurilla and Ema R. Schumer

The NCAA faces a full court press / Leah Nylen, Juan Perez Jr. and Julia Arciga

Supreme Court rules against restrictions on colleges offering educational perks to compensate student-athletes / Robert Barnes and Molly Hensley-Clancy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781642657920

1642657921

9781642657883

1642657883

OCLC:

1257449259