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Panel Assails Money's Effect on College Sports. / Frank Fitzpatrick.

by Fitzpatrick, Frank; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 42Institutions. Publisher: Knight-Ridder, 2001ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Athletes -- Education | Big business | College sports -- Corrupt practices | MoneyDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Characterizing the world of big-time college sports as a 'disgraceful environment' rife with excesses of professionalism, commercialization and academic abuse, a high-profile commission issued a stinging rebuke yesterday [June 26, 2001] that cast a shadow on the future of intercollegiate athletics." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) This article examines a recent study that was highly critical of the impact of money and commercialization on college athletics and describes the controversial recommendations offered.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.

Originally Published: Panel Assails Money's Effect on College Sports, June 27, 2001; pp. A1+.

"Characterizing the world of big-time college sports as a 'disgraceful environment' rife with excesses of professionalism, commercialization and academic abuse, a high-profile commission issued a stinging rebuke yesterday [June 26, 2001] that cast a shadow on the future of intercollegiate athletics." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) This article examines a recent study that was highly critical of the impact of money and commercialization on college athletics and describes the controversial recommendations offered.

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