There is an uneasy relationship between fundraising for academic programs and intercollegiate athletics. This has little to do with individuals and almost everything to do with circumstances in higher education in the United States that have come into play in recent decades. This chapter identifies issues presidents will confront as they seek…

Athletic administrators and decision makers within interscholastic athletics are expected to embrace a code of ethics that serves as a set of rules to guide their professional behavior. Included within this code are areas of controversy that present gender-related ethical dilemmas for administrators. Three specific ethical dilemmas involve (1)…

This document is the introduction to the main body of a report on the inquiry into the need for and feasibility of a national study of intercollegiate athletics. In addition to outlining the organization of the report on the findings of the inquiry, it consists of five sections designed to provide background information regarding the approach…

This small promotional brochure published by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) provides an overview of the association and its various services. Sections of the brochure deal with the NCAA's history; purposes; membership; how it is organized; member services; administration of its 81 championships in 22 sports; enforcement…

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is hoping to stem member institution defections to the National Collegiate Athletic Association by reorganizing national staff, emphasizing regional competition, and helping members with local marketing efforts. The organization's 340 members are primarily small regional public and private…

Discussion of the newly reconstituted Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics focuses on issues facing the commission, including its role in preventing an "arms race" in salaries, facilities, and other aspects of athletic departments; the need to empower college/university presidents to take more control of athletics; and…

This handbook is published for compliance of all departmental personnel within Intercollegiate Athletics at the State University of New York, Brockport. The purpose of this document is to provide an opportunity for all line and staff personnel (and other interested administrators and Brockport Athletic Committee members) to become familiar with…

Three major trends in the development of high school sports are identified: high school sports as entertainment, feeder system for colleges, and the movement toward specialization. The purpose and role of intercollegiate athletics, scandals and reform in big-time college sports, participation trends, and college coaches are also discussed. (IAH)

Comparing grades of 594 Clemson University athletes to those of the overall student body shows athletes do not perform as well, because of lower Scholastic Aptitude Test scores and poorer college preparation. Particular underperformance of athletes in revenue sports is a seasonal phenomenon, suggesting they are being exploited. (SK)

Discusses issues addressed at the 94th annual convention of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, including changes in how coaches recruit athletes, changes in types of athletes recruited, offers of more money for needy athletes, changes in the organization's governance, and more money for colleges. (DB)

This paper traces the regulation of intercollegiate athletics from the late 19th-century to the present and discusses current trends in the supervision of intercollegiate athletics. It examines the emergence of faculty control of athletics and the concept of faculty athletic committees in the late 1800s due to the inability or unwillingness of…

This book, originally published in 1989, is intended as an indictment of corruption in college football. Now reissued, the book has new forewords by Murray Sperber, a professor at Indiana University, and Richard Warch, president of Lawrence University in Wisconsin. The book also has an afterword by the author which reviews some of the major…

The nature and pervasiveness of sex-based inequalities within collegiate athletics are reviewed with regard to constitutional mandates as interpreted by Title IX and the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. Special attention is given to the once discredited "separate but equal" doctrine. (LBH)

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…

This hearing report concerns possible antitrust and anticompetitive violations by the College Bowl Alliance consisting of the Southeastern Athletic Conference (SEC), the Big 12, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and the Big East, as well as Notre Dame University; and after 1998 will include PAC-10, Big 10, and the Rose Bowl. An agreement was…