College Athletes for Hire

by Allen L. Sack; Ellen J. Staurowsky

• ISBN13: 9780275961916
• ISBN10: 0275961915
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-07-17
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Summary

Tracing the evolution of college athletes into university employees, this book describes how the NCAA fashioned an amateur myth to obscure this de facto employer-employee relationship. Sack and Staurowsky show how the amateur myth exploits athletes, undermines education, and confuses the issue of gender equity. They also propose practical reforms.

Author Biography

ALLEN L. SACK is Professor of Sociology and Management at the University of New Haven. He played defensive end on Ara Parseghian's 1966 National Championship football team and was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams. In 1981-82 he was the Director of the Center for Athletes Rights and Education, and he is currently the Coordinator of the Management of Sports Industries Program at the University of New Haven.ELLEN J. STAUROWSKY is Associate Professor of Sport Sciences at Ithaca College. As a former college athlete, coach, and athletic director, she brings a unique blend of academic credentials and practical insight to the problems facing intercollegiate athletics.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix	(2)
Kent Waldrep
Preface	xi	(6)
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction: The Different Faces of Collegiate Sport	1	(8)
Part I: Rules of the Game for Men and Women	9	(68)
1. The Decline of the Amateur Spirit	11	(20)
2. The NCAA Turns Professional: 1906-1956	31	(20)
3. Physical Education and the Genesis of Women's Collegiate Sport	51	(12)
4. A Sport-for-Women Philosophy	63	(14)
Part II: Athletic Scholarships and the Emergence of Corporate College Sport	77	(50)
5. Athletic Scholarships: From Gifts to Employment Contracts	79	(16)
6. Athletic Scholarships as Failed Academic Policy	95	(16)
7. Athletic Scholarships for Women: The Complexities of Intercollegiate Athletic Equality	111	(16)
Part III: Suggestions for Reform	127	(20)
8. Putting the Amateur Myth to Rest	129	(18)
Notes	147	(26)
Further Reading	173	(2)
Index	175