Intercollegiate Athletics: Big Business or Sport?.

Odenkirk, James E.

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ERIC Number: EJ244184

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Publication Date: 1981-Apr

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Intercollegiate Athletics: Big Business or Sport?

Odenkirk, James E.

Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, v67 n2 p62-66 Apr 1981

Two major factors plaguing the sanity of collegiate athletic programs are identified as (1) the excessive economic needs of the athletic programs and (2) the gross abuses associated with recruitment of athletes. There is general agreement that abuses will not be stemmed until university presidents take more responsibility for college sports. (MLW)

Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Athletes, Athletics, Business, Financial Support, Football, Higher Education, Integrity, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Public Support, State Aid, Student Recruitment, Values

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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