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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description 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.
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spelling doaj.art-278d3c978fb04f1fab2adf0186c5eda72023-11-28T18:52:43ZengUniversity of Kansas LibrariesJournal of Intercollegiate Sport1941-63421941-417X2010-06-013110.1123/jis.3.1.111Dollar Dilemmas During the DownturnAndrew Zimbalist0Smith CollegeThis 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.https://journals.ku.edu/jis/article/view/10022
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