Intercollegiate Sports in America, 1900-2014
 

Spring 2014

Tuesday 4-6 and online

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Purpose, Function, and Cases

Required Reading
Read at least two in addition to the required items.

John V. Lombardi, et al. The Sports Imperative in America's Research Universities, (University of Florida, 2003).

Craig Lambert. "The Professionalization of Ivy League Sports," "Continued", "Team Global", and "The Athlete Auction," Harvard Magazine (September-October 1997).

Getting the Players to Win

    1. James L. Shulman and William G. Bowen. "How the Playing Field Is Encroaching on the Admissions Office," The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 26, 2001. For the full discussion see: The Admissions Game: Recruiting Male Athletes and the Implications of Selection, and New Players: The Recruitment and Admission of Women Athletes, in Shulman and Bowen, The Game of Life, College Sports and Educational Values (Princeton: Princeton University, 2001).
    2. Dan Covell and Carol A. Barr. "The Ties that Bind: Presidential Involvement with the Development of NCAA Division I Eligibility Legislation," The Journal of Higher Education (72:4, 2001).
    3. Bill Pennington. "The Athlete's Edge: A Series [Division III athletic recruiting]," New York Times (2005-2006).
    4. Pete Thamel. "The Quick Fix Schools Where the Only Real Test Is Basketball," New York Times, February 25, 2006.
    5. Doug Lederman, The Admissions Gap for Big-Time Athletes, Inside Higher Ed, December 29, 2008.
    6. Doug Lederman. "Just Like Everyone Else? [Ivy League Sports]," Inside Higher Ed, December 16, 2009.
    7. John Emerson, Rachelle Brooks, Claudia Youakim, Elaine Croft McKenzie, and a Mueggenburg. "Academic Performance and Athletic Retention within NCAA Division III. Does Institutional Selectivity Matter?" College Sports Project (Northwestern University, Mellon Foundation, 2010).
    8. Erin Abbey-Pinegar. "The Need for a Global Amateurism Standard: International Student-Athlete: Issues and Controversies," Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies (17:2, 2010).
    9. Christian Grandzol, Susan Perlis, and Lois Draina. "Leadership Development of Team Captains in Collegiate Varsity Athletics," Journal of College Student Development (51:4, 2010).

Recruiting Students with Sports

    1. Libby Sander. "The Chase: Athletics Raises a College From the Ground Up [Adrian College recruiting]," The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 16, 2008.
    2. Travis Feezell. "Adding Football and the 'Uses' of Athletics at NCAA Division II and Division III Institutions," New Directions for Institutional Research (2009).
    3. Devin G. Pope and Jaren C. Pope. "The Impact of College Sports Success on the Quantity and Quality of Student Applications," Southern Economic Journal (2009).
    4. Libby Sander. "The Chase: For College Athletes, Recruiting Is a Fair (but Flawed) Game," The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 19, 2008.
    5. Brian C. Root. "How the Promises of Riches in Collegiate Athletics Lead to the Compromised Long-Term Health of Student-Athletes: Why and How the NCAA Should Protect Its Student-Athletes' Health," Health Matrix (19:279, 2009).
    6. Jeffrey J.R. Sundram. "The Downside of Success: How Increased Commercialism Could Cost the NCAA Its Biggest Antitrust Defense," Tulane Law Review (85:543, 2010).
    7. Alan Schwarz. "As Injuries Rise, Scant Oversight of Helmet Safety," New York Times, October 20, 2010.
    8. Chung, Doug J. "The Dynamic Advertising Effect of Collegiate Athletics," Marketing Science (32:5, 679-698), 2013.

The States and Football

    1. N.C.A.A. v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma, 468 U. S. 85 (1984).
    2. "Payment for College Football Players in Nebraska," Harvard Journal on Legislation, (41:1, 2004).

Institutionalizing Governance

    1. John V. Lombardi. A Model for Intercollegiate Athletics (original of following versions) "Sports Medicine," The Journal of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities & Colleges, (34:1, 1992) and "Control, Accountability Are Gator Achievements," The NCAA News, (28:32,1991).
    2. Troy Buer. "Organizational Complexity: The Athletics Department and the University," New Directions for Higher Education (2009).
    3. Libby Sander. "Broad-Based Athletics Departments Face Uncertain Future," The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 22, 2010.
    4. "Governance," (University of Florida: NCAA Self Study, Certification, 1998).
    5. "Governance and Commitment to Rules," (Princeton University: NCAA Self-Study, Certification 1997-98).
    6. NCAA, "NCAA Working Group on Collegiate Model Enforcement," NCAA, August 2012.
    7. Brad Wolverton, "Ohio State's Sports Program Aims to Play It Straight After a Scandal, the Buckeyes Supersized Their Rules-enforcement Staff, Will that Work?" The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 10, 2012.
    8. Claudio M. Rocha and Packianathan Chelladurai, "Patterns of Bureaucracy in Intercollegiate Athletic Departments," Journal of Sport Management (27:2013).

The Rules

    1. NCAA Division I, II, III Manuals
    2. Hickok Sports Site.

Other Issues Related to Governance

  1. "Who Owns Baseball?" The New Yorker, April 16, 2001.
  2. Paul Campos and Jonathan Chait. "We are (Always) the Champions: Why College Football's Dynasties Never Lose," Slate: Sports Nut, August 24, 2001.
  3. Bill Pennington. "Play to Win, or Just to Play? N.C.A.A.'s Lowest Rung Split," The New York Times, May 25, 2003.

Some Cases

  1. University of Southern California, 2006:Case, Coach Appeal, Coach Appeal 2, Coach Appeal 3
  2. Michigan State, 1996: Case
  3. Berkeley, 2002: Case, Appeal

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