College Athletes

Friday Night Lights Author Wants To Ban College Football

Posted 05.09.2012

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Buzz Bissinger, perhaps the most famous chronicler of high school football, is calling for a ban on college football, The Gothamist reports. The P...

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March Madness

Doug Bradley | Posted 05.14.2012

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Doug Bradley

Why aren't we seeing to it that more of our student athletes graduate? That they all graduate?

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You Can't Take the Athlete Out of the Girl

Jennifer Langione | Posted 03.31.2012

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Jennifer Langione

I was the captain of my high school team and I started every game for four years. I am an athlete. The first 18 years of my life had been largely shaped by competitive athletics but when I got to college, my identity was stripped away.

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What If Universities Recruited Entrepreneurs Like They Recruited Athletes?

John Dearborn | Posted 03.28.2012

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John Dearborn

If entrepreneurial education is important to America's economy and global competitiveness, and good for its students, why don't we recruit entrepreneurs for our colleges the way we do athletes?

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An Alarming Trend at University of Montana

Katherine Redmond | Posted 03.18.2012

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Katherine Redmond

After the Penn State scandal broke, I was asked if this was finally the tipping point. Would colleges now take sexual assault seriously? Doubtful. And a new case of a university run amok has emerged to serve as evidence.

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A Modest Proposal (to Help Fix American Education)

Van Gosse | Posted 02.20.2012

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Van Gosse

We should smash the corrupting influence of athletics in our high schools, colleges and universities. Like students in the rest of the world, Americans should go to school for no other purpose than to learn.

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Time for Transformative Change in Intercollegiate Athletics

Warren K. Zola | Posted 01.29.2012

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Warren K. Zola

Ultimately, we, as leaders in higher educational institutions, must find sustainable solutions that realign this imbalance, and in the process improve the quality of the student experience for the benefit of all.

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Turning Turkey Into Tofu

Richard M. Southall | Posted 01.23.2012

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Richard M. Southall

It is time to climb out of the rabbit hole and face the reality of what college sport is, an exploitative system that violates the fundamental rights of workers by denying their existence.

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Athletes Beware -- Aches, Pains and Strains; How Did That Happen?

Dr. Steve Rosenberg | Posted 01.15.2012

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Dr. Steve Rosenberg

No matter what position you play injuries can occur while playing; in your shoulder, legs, ankles and feet. The questions are: How did it happen and when can I play?

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Off Pitch: What Glee Can Teach Us About College Athletics

Warren K. Zola | Posted 01.09.2012

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Warren K. Zola

Let's pretend that these high school seniors wish to combine their passion and talent by entering the entertainment industry. Why don't these singers head right to Broadway?

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 12.25.2011

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Len Berman

They changed some of the rules of golf effective January 1st. You can now smooth the sand or soil while playing from a hazard but you can't improve your lie. Why don't they just allow tees in the trap? Let's speed things up.

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Don't Pay College Athletes

Lesley Ryder | Posted 11.18.2011

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Lesley Ryder

College athletes will never be paid a salary to play for their school. There are far too many logistical, economic and legal hurdles that would have to disappear before paying students could even become a reality.

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The Outrageous Price Of College Athletes

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 11.12.2011

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WASHINGTON — The average fair market value of top-tier college football and men's basketball players is over $100,000 each, and the athletes are...

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 10.17.2011

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Len Berman

Is cleaning up college sports hopeless? A convicted Ponzi schemer claims he gave all sorts of stuff to University of Miami athletes.

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As Ohio State Scandal Widens, Will Its President Survive?

The Chronicle of Higher Education | Posted 08.07.2011

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

If Ohio State is bigger than sports -- and teaching, research and service are the virtues it truly wishes to stand behind -- shouldn't their integrity be the thing they're worried about?

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Losing to Win in College Sports

Tim Davis | Posted 06.13.2011

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Tim Davis

91 percent of white basketball players on 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament Teams graduated last year, while only 59 percent of their black counterparts earned their college degree -- a 32 percent gap.

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The Madness of Not Paying College Athletes

Dr. Boyce Watkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Boyce Watkins

Keeping athletes and their families in poverty while coaches and administrators get rich is not only fundamentally un-American, it is an embarrassment to us all.

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Paid College Athletes: A Reasonable Compromise

Jalen Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jalen Rose

Despite the fact very few student athletes ever have the opportunity to turn professional, the overwhelming time commitment leaves them with no way of generating any income. Here is a reasonable solution.

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The Hypocrisy of College Athletics

Larry Hirsch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Larry Hirsch

Universities, administrators and coaches earn millions dollars due to the exploits of student athletes. Yet anything done to help the athletes is seen as an outrageous breach of the amateur code.

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Laws On Sports Agents Rarely Enforced

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 05.25.2011

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When sports agent Jason Paul Wood met a pair of Miami baseball players in 2006 to talk about turning pro, his failure to notify the university and reg...

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Domestic Violence, Missed Opportunities, and Murder

Becky Lee | Posted 11.17.2011

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Becky Lee

On Monday, May 3, University of Virginia senior George Huguely was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after being suspected of killing Ye...

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College Athletes On Verge Of Gaining More Rights

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Led by a former UCLA linebacker, college athletes are demanding more from their schools in exchange for the long hours they put in...

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Advice and Constraint

Arn Tellem | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arn Tellem

Though the NCAA's no-agent rule is supposedly designed to protect athletes, all it really safeguards is the billion-dollar industry that the organization controls.

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College Football's Camera Troubles: Cell Phones, Social Networking Plague Sports Stars

Nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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For all the images of marching bands, cheerleaders and raucous student fans associated with college football, the romantic notion of a quaint campus l...

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College Stars Sue Over Likenesses In Video Games

New York Times | Katie Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the best parts about being the quarterback for Arizona State was the thrill that Sam Keller got whenever he played NCAA Football, the popular v...

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