Athletes in Big-Time College Sport

Athletes in Big-Time College Sport

Responds to an article on black athletes in amateur college sport, highlighting National Collegiate Athletic Association Division IA institutions, particularly the top power schools and their revenue-producing football and basketball sports programs. Examines issues of education versus commerce, the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Society (New Brunswick) 2000-03, Vol.37 (3), p.24-28
1. Verfasser: Meggyesy, David
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Amateurs
Athletes
Black athletes
Blacks
Coaches & managers
College Athletics
College basketball
College Sports
Commercialization
Corruption
Costs
Departments
Education
Educational Reform
Employees
Exploitation
Graduation rate
Higher Education
Males
Policy Reform
Scholarships
Scholarships & fellowships
Schools
Social research
Sports
Sports Participation
Student athletes
Team Sports
U.S.A
Undergraduate Students
Workers compensation
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Zusammenfassung:Responds to an article on black athletes in amateur college sport, highlighting National Collegiate Athletic Association Division IA institutions, particularly the top power schools and their revenue-producing football and basketball sports programs. Examines issues of education versus commerce, the athletic scholarship system, black athletes in college revenue-producing sports, and the need to introduce the notion of honesty and fair dealing in revenue-producing college sport. (SM)
ISSN:0147-2011
1936-4725
DOI:10.1007/BF02686170