Will College Athletes Unionize?
More than a decade ago, football players at Northwestern University voted to unionize under the umbrella of the College Athletes Players Association (CAPA). Their efforts ran aground when, in 2015,…
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The “World” of College Sports
International student-athletes account for about 13 percent of NCAA Division I participants and about seven percent of Division II. Yet, despite their small numbers, international student-athletes may be bellwethers for…
The Coming “Spot-Fixing” Threat
Match-fixing is difficult and expensive, even in an individual sport. The enticement—or threat—needs to be so great that the athlete will cast aside everything he’s ever known and believed about…
Professionalization Is Killing College Sports
Let us take for granted that the NCAA in its prime was greedy, hypocritical, reactionary, schoolmarmish, tone-deaf, and more than a little absurd. That case is not difficult to make,…
Should the NCAA’s Transgender Records Stand?
Rule changes in sports have the potential to rewrite the record books. Usually, a change in how the game is played—to improve player safety or to speed up the action…
Why Are the “Cardiac Pack” Suing the NCAA?
Perhaps the most exciting NCAA men’s basketball championship game ever played was also one of the biggest upsets. The 1983 North Carolina State University Wolfpack, despite being heavy underdogs to…
Who Will Monitor College-Sports Gambling in North Carolina?
Now that sports betting is legal in the Bible Belt state of North Carolina, online gamblers have filled the collection plate with over $1.8 billion in total wagers and about…
Athletics in the Small-College Marketplace
As a long-time faculty member at a small, private, liberal-arts college, I’ve come to dread my daily glance at the industry’s trade journals, the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside…
The NCAA’s Own Goal
This coming January, the NCAA will convene in Texas to decide the future of standardized testing requirements for student-athletes. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA and universities…
Did You Know? Student-Athletes Need Mental-Health Services, Too
Did you know that 92 percent of NAIA athletic departments wish they could offer psychiatric services designed specifically for their athletes? As mental-health awareness surges among higher-ed faculty and students,…