Pay for Play: A History of Big-Time College Athletic Reform

Thelin, John R.

doi:10.1080/00221546.2011.11777229

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“…Although the unpopularity of the NCAA and its amateurism rules may account for some of the observed sentiments and favorable outcome, conclusions about the effectiveness of scapegoating should be tempered. In fact, these efforts are often ineffective (K. A. and within this case arose organically, as disdain for the NCAA is broadly held and Young did not attempt to cultivate such reactions (Forde, 2019;Smith, 2011). Put differently, the NCAA is maligned and fighting a losing battle in the amateurism debate, which may be a unifying factor for those who follow collegiate sports.…”

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“…A potential explanation for such patterns is that the NCAA's amateurism rules are unpopular (Knoester & Ridpath, 2020) and under revision (Brooks, 2019), which may render amateurism transgressions less severe and make others willing to defend transgressors. Additionally, the NCAA is often depicted as a villain or oppressor of athletes in debates about amateurism (Forde, 2019;Smith, 2011); sports fans in public discourse have replicated these frames (Brown & Billings, 2013;. Although scapegoating is ineffective in image repair efforts (K. A.…”

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“…The mandated minimum punishment for violating these rules was a four-game suspension. Sporting practitioners, student-athletes, and collegiate sport fans are well versed in the policies around amateurism, as this set of rules is one of the most debated topics in American sporting culture (e.g., Smith, 2011). However, in practice, top Division-I level athletes within revenue generating sports (i.e., American football and basketball) frequently receive payments to visit, commit, and play for collegiate universities via networks of bagmen with connections to universities (Godfrey, 2014) or sneaker companies (Hobson, 2018).…”

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Everyone Hates the NCAA: The Role of Identity in the Evaluations of Amateurism Transgressions: A Case Study of the Chase Young Loan Scandal

Cranmer

Boatwright

Mikkilineni

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Communication & Sport

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This manuscript is a case study into public responses to an amateurism transgression committed by Chase Young, a former Ohio State University football player and Heisman candidate. In November of 2019, Young utilized his personal Twitter to announce an amateurism transgression stemming from his acceptance of an improper loan. This study considers 1,674 public and direct replies to Young on Twitter. A variety of themes were identified, including attempts to support Young, externalize the blame, dispute Young’s story, exchange information, communicate ambiguously, and contemplate consequences of the transgression. Utilizing social identity theory and identity threat management, public expressions of fandom were positioned as a variable that explained the diversity in responses to Young’s transgression. Indeed, findings illustrated in-group and out-group biases, whereby Ohio State fans supported Young and fans of other teams disputed his story. Interestingly non-expressed fans engaged in image repair on Young’s behalf via externalizing blame to other institutions, especially the NCAA, which may demonstrate the interplay of multifaceted identities. Results from this manuscript help lay the groundwork for audience-centered efforts to understand athlete transgressions.

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Everyone Hates the NCAA: The Role of Identity in the Evaluations of Amateurism Transgressions: A Case Study of the Chase Young Loan Scandal

Cranmer

Boatwright

Mikkilineni

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Communication & Sport

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“…In the early and mid-1800s, the values of the European Enlightenment made their way into American higher education (Thelin, 2011). As students adopted ideals such as freedom, happiness, and fraternity, they started exercising more control on campuses, organizing various extracurricular groups like athletic teams (Flowers, 2009;Smith, 2011). Faculty and academic administrators-from a host of disciplines-were heavily involved in the initial development and implementation of athletics programs.…”

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Examining Faculty Perspectives on the Role and Value of Intercollegiate Athletics

Harry,

Springer

2024

JIS

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The uneasy marriage of higher education and athletics can be seen through the conceptual lenses of former institution and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Myles Brand’s Standard or Integrated View. The Standard View maintains that athletics serves as a business while the Integrated View argues that athletics should be appreciated as a form of education and art. Through these perspectives of athletics as a business, education, and art, this study surveyed faculty at one football bowl subdivision institution (n = 216) on their perceptions of athletics. Analyses demonstrated faculty perceptions were varied and contradictory as they noted athletics was simultaneously a business important for their institution, but also a detractor for higher education at large. Additionally, they perceived some developmental benefits of participation in athletics but still did not believe sports to be educational in nature. Implications for better understanding faculty perceptions of athletics while improving the education-sport marriage are discussed.

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“…In 1829, the universities of Oxford and Cambridge began to challenge each other in a rowing regatta and, in the following decades, playing sports became a distinctive feature of Victorian-era university life in the United Kingdom (Holt 1989, 74-86, Anderson 1987. Athleticism also became popular in other Anglo-Saxon countries, such as the United States, where sporting activities began in the colleges of Harvard and Yale in the first half of the nineteenth century and later spread to other universities (Smith 1985, 2011, 8-16, Lewis 1970, Pope 1996.…”

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The Italian Olimpiadi Universitarie of 1922: at the origins of the Fascist ideology of sport

Fonzo

2023

Mod. Italy

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University sport was less developed in Italy than in other European countries in the first decades of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, in April 1922, students from the University of Rome organised a national multi-sport event, which they called the Olimpiadi Universitarie (University Olympic Games). Many eminent figures of the ruling class supported the initiative and thousands of undergraduates participated in the competitions. The Olimpiadi Universitarie also had an important international impact and facilitated the establishment of the International University Games, which were held from 1924 to 1939. The Olimpiadi Universitarie were based on a patriotic-educational concept of sport and played a significant role in spreading physical activities in Italian universities. Additionally, they promoted the idea of sport that in the following years would be accepted by the Fascist regime. The regime developed university sport enormously, but replaced the autonomous initiative of students with control from above.

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Pay for Play: A History of Big-Time College Athletic Reform

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Everyone Hates the NCAA: The Role of Identity in the Evaluations of Amateurism Transgressions: A Case Study of the Chase Young Loan Scandal

Everyone Hates the NCAA: The Role of Identity in the Evaluations of Amateurism Transgressions: A Case Study of the Chase Young Loan Scandal

Examining Faculty Perspectives on the Role and Value of Intercollegiate Athletics

The Italian Olimpiadi Universitarie of 1922: at the origins of the Fascist ideology of sport

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