Dollar Dilemmas During the Downturn

This paper undertakes three challenging tasks. First, I attempt to lay out the dimensions of the current financial crisis that confronts intercollegiate athletics. Second, I propose three reforms that I believe, if enacted, would go a long way toward ameliorating the financial situation and also bri...

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Main Author: Andrew Zimbalist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kansas Libraries 2010-06-01
Series:Journal of Intercollegiate Sport
Online Access:https://journals.ku.edu/jis/article/view/10022
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Summary:This paper undertakes three challenging tasks. First, I attempt to lay out the dimensions of the current financial crisis that confronts intercollegiate athletics. Second, I propose three reforms that I believe, if enacted, would go a long way toward ameliorating the financial situation and also bring the practice of college sports more in line ethically with its purported mission. Third, I assess the prospects of these reforms being carried out, given the history of failed reform efforts in the past.
ISSN:1941-6342
1941-417X