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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
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Whither College Sports
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© 2022 Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I Academic Papers
  5. 1 Taxation of College Sports: Policies and Controversies 25
  6. 2 Reforming College Sports: The Case for a Limited and Conditional Antitrust Exemption 39
  7. 3 A Win-Win: College Athletes Get Paid for Their Names, Images, and Likenesses and Colleges Maintain the Primacy of Academics 93
  8. 4 The Impact of College Athletic Success on Donations and Applicant Quality 154
  9. Part II Position Papers by The Drake Group
  10. 5 The “Big Five” Power Grab: The Real Threat to College Sports 191
  11. 6 Why the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) and the Graduation Success Rate (GSR) Should Be Abandoned and Replaced with More Effective Academic Metrics 195
  12. 7 Fixing the Dysfunctional NCAA Enforcement System 228
  13. 8 College Athlete Health and Protection from Physical and Psychological Harm 239
  14. 9 Compensation of College Athletes Including Revenues Earned from Commercial Use of Their Names, Images, and Likenesses and Outside Employment 281
  15. Part III Op-Eds
  16. 10 Unionizing Is Proof That College Athletics Need to Be Reformed 307
  17. 11 College Coaches’ Salaries and Higher Education 309
  18. 12 Time for a Presidential Panel to Investigate College Sports 312
  19. 13 Paying College Athletes: Take Two 316
  20. 14 Antitrust Exemption May Aid College Sports’ Untenable Situation 321
  21. 15 The NCAA’s Women Problem 325
  22. 16 Big-Time College Basketball in the Crosshairs 328
  23. 17 In the End, Commission’s Reform Suggestions Only Provide a Smokescreen of Legitimacy for the NCAA 332
  24. 18 One-and- Done: Take Two 338
  25. 19 How Financial Pressures Can Lead to Athletic Scandals 341
  26. 20 Female Athletes Are Undervalued, in Both Money and Media Term 345
  27. 21 The Collegiate Sports Model Is Broken: It Needs Help 348
  28. 22 Sports Being on Hiatus Gives the NCAA an Opportunity to Rethink the Structure of College Sports 351
  29. 23 Has Higher Education Lost Its Mind? 355
  30. 24 Theater of the Absurd and the Immoral: College Football 2020 358
  31. 25 Rutgers’ Athletics Deficit Reveals the Hidden Caste in the College Sports Hierarchy 363
  32. Index 367
https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978828162-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I Academic Papers
  5. 1 Taxation of College Sports: Policies and Controversies 25
  6. 2 Reforming College Sports: The Case for a Limited and Conditional Antitrust Exemption 39
  7. 3 A Win-Win: College Athletes Get Paid for Their Names, Images, and Likenesses and Colleges Maintain the Primacy of Academics 93
  8. 4 The Impact of College Athletic Success on Donations and Applicant Quality 154
  9. Part II Position Papers by The Drake Group
  10. 5 The “Big Five” Power Grab: The Real Threat to College Sports 191
  11. 6 Why the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) and the Graduation Success Rate (GSR) Should Be Abandoned and Replaced with More Effective Academic Metrics 195
  12. 7 Fixing the Dysfunctional NCAA Enforcement System 228
  13. 8 College Athlete Health and Protection from Physical and Psychological Harm 239
  14. 9 Compensation of College Athletes Including Revenues Earned from Commercial Use of Their Names, Images, and Likenesses and Outside Employment 281
  15. Part III Op-Eds
  16. 10 Unionizing Is Proof That College Athletics Need to Be Reformed 307
  17. 11 College Coaches’ Salaries and Higher Education 309
  18. 12 Time for a Presidential Panel to Investigate College Sports 312
  19. 13 Paying College Athletes: Take Two 316
  20. 14 Antitrust Exemption May Aid College Sports’ Untenable Situation 321
  21. 15 The NCAA’s Women Problem 325
  22. 16 Big-Time College Basketball in the Crosshairs 328
  23. 17 In the End, Commission’s Reform Suggestions Only Provide a Smokescreen of Legitimacy for the NCAA 332
  24. 18 One-and- Done: Take Two 338
  25. 19 How Financial Pressures Can Lead to Athletic Scandals 341
  26. 20 Female Athletes Are Undervalued, in Both Money and Media Term 345
  27. 21 The Collegiate Sports Model Is Broken: It Needs Help 348
  28. 22 Sports Being on Hiatus Gives the NCAA an Opportunity to Rethink the Structure of College Sports 351
  29. 23 Has Higher Education Lost Its Mind? 355
  30. 24 Theater of the Absurd and the Immoral: College Football 2020 358
  31. 25 Rutgers’ Athletics Deficit Reveals the Hidden Caste in the College Sports Hierarchy 363
  32. Index 367
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