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

Andrew Zimbalist

Published by Rutgers University Press 2022

Whither College Sports

Amateurism, Athlete Safety, and Academic Integrity

Andrew Zimbalist

https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978828162

Overview
Contents

About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

ANDREW ZIMBALIST is the Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He is the author of twenty-eight books, including books on college sports, baseball, the Olympics, and Title IX.

Reviews

“When our attentions turn to the economic, legal and political issues impacting sports, there has been no more consistently credible source than Andy Zimbalist. Whither College Sports is the latest addition to his impressive and valuable body of work.”

— Bob Costas

"Professor Zimbalist is at the top of his game with this fascinating look inside the biggest economic, social, and legal issues facing college sports in the United States. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to better understand the multibillion-dollar college sports industry."

— Gabe Feldman, editor of The Sports Lawyers Journal

"The leading sports economist in the country lends his considerable talents to the timely titular subject, Whither College Sports, including the three phenomena that will shape the future of this uniquely American institution: ever-increasing commercialization and budget shortfalls, athletes' image-likeness rights, and sports gambling. Zimbalist's collection is a must for academics, students, and policymakers working on these issues, but also for those who love—or love to hate—college sports intelligently."

— Doriane Coleman, author of Torts: Doctrine and Process

"Andrew Zimbalist: What's Next For College Sports?"

— Sportico

"NILs, Surrogate Markets And The Future Of College Sports"

— Forbes

“When our attentions turn to the economic, legal and political issues impacting sports, there has been no more consistently credible source than Andy Zimbalist. Whither College Sports is the latest addition to his impressive and valuable body of work.”

— Bob Costas

"NILs, Surrogate Markets And The Future Of College Sports"

— Forbes

"Andrew Zimbalist: What's Next For College Sports?"

— Sportico

"Professor Zimbalist is at the top of his game with this fascinating look inside the biggest economic, social, and legal issues facing college sports in the United States. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to better understand the multibillion-dollar college sports industry."

— Gabe Feldman, editor of The Sports Lawyers Journal

"The leading sports economist in the country lends his considerable talents to the timely titular subject, Whither College Sports, including the three phenomena that will shape the future of this uniquely American institution: ever-increasing commercialization and budget shortfalls, athletes' image-likeness rights, and sports gambling. Zimbalist's collection is a must for academics, students, and policymakers working on these issues, but also for those who love—or love to hate—college sports intelligently."

— Doriane Coleman, author of Torts: Doctrine and Process

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I Academic Papers
1 Taxation of College Sports: Policies and Controversies Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
2 Reforming College Sports: The Case for a Limited and Conditional Antitrust Exemption Jayma Meyer and Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
3 A Win-Win: College Athletes Get Paid for Their Names, Images, and Likenesses and Colleges Maintain the Primacy of Academics Jayma Meyer and Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
4 The Impact of College Athletic Success on Donations and Applicant Quality Benjamin Baumer and Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Part II Position Papers by The Drake Group
5 The “Big Five” Power Grab: The Real Threat to College Sports Brian Porto, Gerald Gurney, Donna Lopiano, David Ridpath, Allen Sack, Mary Willingham and Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
6 Why the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) and the Graduation Success Rate (GSR) Should Be Abandoned and Replaced with More Effective Academic Metrics Gerald Gurney, Donna Lopiano, Mary Willingham, Jayma Meyer, Brian Porto, David Ridpath, Allen Sack and Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
7 Fixing the Dysfunctional NCAA Enforcement System Brian Porto, Gerald Gurney, Donna Lopiano, David Ridpath, Allen Sack, Mary Willingham and Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
8 College Athlete Health and Protection from Physical and Psychological Harm Donna Lopiano, Janet Blade, Gerald Gurney, Sheila Hudson, Brian Porto, Allen Sack, David Ridpath and Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
9 Compensation of College Athletes Including Revenues Earned from Commercial Use of Their Names, Images, and Likenesses and Outside Employment Brian Porto, Gerald Gurney, Donna Lopiano, David Ridpath, Allen Sack, Julie Sommer, Mary Willingham and Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Part III Op-Eds
10 Unionizing Is Proof That College Athletics Need to Be Reformed Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
11 College Coaches’ Salaries and Higher Education Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
12 Time for a Presidential Panel to Investigate College Sports Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	312
13 Paying College Athletes: Take Two Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	316
14 Antitrust Exemption May Aid College Sports’ Untenable Situation Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
15 The NCAA’s Women Problem Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
16 Big-Time College Basketball in the Crosshairs Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	328
17 In the End, Commission’s Reform Suggestions Only Provide a Smokescreen of Legitimacy for the NCAA Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	332
18 One-and- Done: Take Two Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	338
19 How Financial Pressures Can Lead to Athletic Scandals Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
20 Female Athletes Are Undervalued, in Both Money and Media Term Carrie N. Baker, Emma Seymour and Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
21 The Collegiate Sports Model Is Broken: It Needs Help Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	348
22 Sports Being on Hiatus Gives the NCAA an Opportunity to Rethink the Structure of College Sports Andrew Zimbalist, Gerry Gurney and Donna Lopiano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
23 Has Higher Education Lost Its Mind? Donna Lopiano and Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
24 Theater of the Absurd and the Immoral: College Football 2020 Donna Lopiano and Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	358
25 Rutgers’ Athletics Deficit Reveals the Hidden Caste in the College Sports Hierarchy Andrew Zimbalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367

Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 328
Illustrations
- Other: 31 tables
Keywords: Intercollegiate athletics; college; college sports; athletes; student-athletes; amateur sports; athletic safety; coach; medical care; sports and recreation; sports; academic integrity; NCAA; college athlete health; college basketball; college football; Rutgers' Athletics; women's sports; compensation; athlete compensation

eBook

Published: November 12, 2021
ISBN: 9781978828162