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Document Type

Book Chapter

Department/Program

Education

Publication Date

11-2017

Book Title

College Athletes’ Rights and Well-Being: Critical Perspectives on Policy and Practice

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Editor

Eddie Comeaux

City

Baltimore, MD

First Page

145

Last Page

155

Abstract

College athletes are at the very center of emerging campus debates over their legal, financial, and academic role. Amid ongoing litigation and pressure from internal and external stakeholders, many policy makers and university leaders are scrambling to determine the nature of this role. This timely and comprehensive volume identifies and discusses bylaws and legal decisions that have impacted the college athlete’s ability to pursue higher education. It also explains and critiques the formal policies of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and member institutions while examining critical issues relevant to the growing fields of sport management, athletic administration, and sports law.

Aimed at anyone seeking to enhance their understanding of the intercollegiate athletics landscape, College Athletes’ Rights and Well-Being is divided into four sections. The first lays out the historical foundations that have shaped the intercollegiate athletic experience. Subsequent sections describe the principles, structures, and conditions that influence how athletes experience campus life, as well as the increasingly commercialized business enterprise of college sports.

Told from the perspective of athletes and written by leading scholars and researchers, the book’s sixteen chapters are enhanced with useful lists of key terms and conversation-provoking discussion questions. Touching on everything from concussion protocols and collective bargaining to amateurism, Title IX’s gender-separate allowance, and conference realignment, this important book is designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, educators, practitioners, policy makers, athletic administrators, and advocates of college athletes.

ISBN

9781421423852

Publication Statement

Copyright © 2017 Johns Hopkins University Press. This material first appeared in College Athletes’ Rights and Well-Being: Critical Perspectives on Policy and Practice. Eddie Comeaux. pp. 145-155. Reprinted with permission by Johns Hopkins University Press.

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