Research Post #10: Abstract, Link, Bibliography

Abstract

In this paper, I look to analyze the multitude of arguments both for and against the compensation of Division I college athletes and its roots in the privatization of higher education. Since the formation of the NCAA, student athletes have never been monetarily compensated. Support in favor of the compensation of student athletes has picked up over the past several years and has grown to a media-worthy level. There are those who support the current non-salary system backed by a principle known as amateurism. There are also those who believe the student athletes are being taken advantage of under the guise of amateurism. As it stands, the NCAA is currently on trial in a case that could change the whole system of collegiate sports.

Link

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lwig6tyJZvFMupkvQGmpOdVICr_GWbqsW9fsrL1GF1E/edit

Bibliography

Bergo, Adam. Personal Interview. 18 November 2013.

Brill, John. "Should College Athletes Be Paid?" The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism RSS. N.p., 30 Apr. 2013. Web. 05 Oct. 2013.

Burton, Richard. "Athletes Are Already Paid With Their Education." US News. U.S.News & World Report, 02 Apr. 2013. Web. 07 Oct. 2013.

Eder, Steve. "E.A. Sports Settles Lawsuit With College Athletes." The New York Times. The New York Times, 26 Sept. 2013. Web.

ESPN. "RecruitingNation: Should College Athletes Be Paid?" YouTube. YouTube, 11 Jan. 2013. Web. 06 Dec. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD5oa_rE_80>.

Kahn, Lawrence M. "Markets: Cartel Behavior and Amateurism in College Sports."Latest TOC RSS. American Economic Association, Winter 2007. Web. 13 Oct. 2013.

                                   

Litan, Robert E., Jonathan M. Orszag, and Peter R. Orszag. 2003. The Empirical Effects of Collegiate Athletics: An Interim Report. Washington, DC: Sebago Associates. Commissioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, August.

Miller, Anthony W. "United States Sports Academy - "America's Sports University"" NCAA Division I Athletics: Amateurism and Exploitation. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2013.

"National Collegiate Athletic Association." Remaining Eligible. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2013.

NEA Higher Education Research Center.  “Higher Education and Privatization.”  NEA Update.  10.2 (March 2004). Web.

Riper, Tom Van. "Sorry Time Magazine: Colleges Have No Reason To Pay Athletes."Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 06 Sept. 2013. Web. 28 Oct. 2013.

Sack, Allen. "Should College Athletes Be Paid?" Www.newhaven.edu. N.p., 07 Mar. 2008. Web. 06 Oct. 2013.

Smith, Yannick. Personal Interview. 18 November 2013.

                       

Turner, Sarah E., Lauren A. Meserve, and William G. Bowen. 2001. “Winning and Giving: Football Results and Alumni Giving at Selective Private Colleges and Universities.” Social Science Quarterly. December, 82(4), 812–26.

Zimbalist, A. S. Unpaid Professionals: Commercialism and Conflict in Big-Time College Sports. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 2001. Print.

Literature Review #5

The Empirical Effects of Collegiate Athletics: An Interim Report

Robert E. Litan (Shown above)

Jonathan M. Orszag

Peter R. Orszag

MLA Citation:

Litan, Robert E., Jonathan M. Orszag, and Peter R. Orszag. 2003. The Empirical Effects of Collegiate Athletics: An Interim Report. Washington, DC: Sebago Associates. Commissioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, August.

Summary:

This empirical report economically summarizes several different hypotheses regarding collegiate athletics. In regards to my paper (the report is very long), it gives conclusive evidence involving the correlation between winning percentages of Division I football teams and alumni support. It uses statistics and empirical econometric analysis to reach these conclusions.

About the Author:

Robert E. Litan is the Vice President for Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. He is also Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution and has formerly served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Key Terms:

Institutional Support- monetary revenue granted to a school's athletic program from other parts of the school.

Adjusted Net Revenue- a sports program's final revenue after institutional and state support are subtracted.

Quotations:

"The correlation of winning percentages two years apart is 33 to 51 percent; that correlation suggests some degree of mobility in winning percentages from year to year."

"Expanded athletic programs appear to be neither the road to riches nor the road to financial ruin."

"Indeed, looking across Division I-A in 2001, schools that spent more on football tended to have higher levels of net revenue from football than schools that spent less on football (Figure 8)."

Value:

This report simply provided me with another much-needed economical view at the compensation debate. It discusses the correlation between winning percentages and alumni donation, which supports one of the anti-compensation arguments analyzed in my paper.