Legal ramifications of injuries in collegiate extramural sport programs are explored by defining extramural sports programs, discussing history, and examining legal relationships of colleges to extramural programs. Areas of potential liability and legal responsibilities with extramural programing are noted. Extramural sports administrators are…

The history of intercollegiate athletics is examined. Focus is on four major outside interventions and four major issues: The economics of collegiate sports; unethical practices in recruiting and on-campus treatment of athletes; equal opportunity for women in sports, and the relationship of collegiate sports to higher education. (JMD)

This report to the Illinois Board of Higher Education examines the use of tuition waivers to achieve gender equity in intercollegiate athletics as allowed by the state's Public Act 89-166. An introduction explains the context for the law which requires that institutions must demonstrate "substantial proportionality" reflecting the…