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13 For the Record 1 (2002)

handle is hein.blasports/fthrec0013 and id is 1 raw text is: Thc 011 iialN letter of the Nation Sports Law nI ttute Marquette University Law School P.O. Do; 1881 Mi waukee, Wisconsin 53201-1881a (414) 288-5815e*fax (414) 288-5818 w .mu~edullaw/sports/indexhtirnl 0C * The Divide Between N.C.A.A. Ath etics And Education: What Do We Do? SprigWh2ages dt-, is repnted re ont the evils of N.C A A.-run college sports. That es ay (or book, opinion piece, prestigious report) has already been persuasively written dozens of times.' Two rece nt examples that have r'ceived much attention, and not only by the sports media, are: The Game of Li/t: College Sports and Educat'ional Vue, by James L. Shulman and William G. Bowen (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001) and A Call to Action: Reconnecting College Sports and Hiher Education. a Report of the Knit Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (wwwiknightfdn.org). Both publications, as their sub-titles sugge t, point the finger at the ever widening divid - -its pervasiveness and subtlety- - between core academic values and the ethos and requirements of N.C.A.A.-run college athletics, Describing today's disgraceful environment the Knight Commission highlights academic transgressions, a financial arms race, and comercialization. Shulman and Bowen give evidence that the excesses of big-time college sports are spreading to women's sports, to CO,,,O ~ndl MARQUETT UNIVERI L (Of inuary 1 March 2002 Volume 13, Number 1 a,,,,9 O a,, APRIL 19, 2002 National Sports Law Institute Annual Awards Dinner Wisconsin Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin For more information 1al 414-288-5815 MAY3 -JUNE 1, 2002 Sports Lawyers Association 28th Annual Conference Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix, Arizona For further information call 703-437-377 x 4071 LOOK':S INSIDE .ve .i .ho aki 99 * N(CAA ATHLETICS & EDUCATION, gs. 1-6. * NSL I ANNOUNCEMENT pg. 7. * SSLASP A LEADERSHIP AWARD, p. 7. * NSLI BOARDEMBER PROFILES, pg 7-9 * SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT PERIODICALS, pg. 10 * NEW FOR YOUR BOOKSHELF. pg. 1 * MEMBERSHIP ASSO 'IATIONS ON TE WB, pg H * CASE FINDING SEARCH ENGINES. pg. 12. * * * * *O*** *** * C C* *0* * * ** * * * * the so-called minor sports, to the lower divisions of the N.C.A.A., including the elite liberal arts colleges, and even to high schools. Back in 1989, eight out of ten Anericans questioned in aLouis Harris poll agreed that intercollegiate sports had spun out of control, Twelve years later, especially on college campuses, that number must be at least as high, along with the gowing realization that the situation is only getting worse. I MURR1Y SPERBE.R COLLEGE SPORTS, INc.: THE ATHLETK DEPARTMENT \S. THE UNIVE RSITY (1990); WALTER I3YERS, 1SPORTSMANIKI CONDU T: EX inG COL.EGE ATHl LTES (1995); MI R SP'RB'R, BrE RA.ND CiRCus: How H8G-TM COLLEGEr SPORTS IS CRIPPLING UNDERGRADUATrE IEDUCATION (000). For years. sporswrters at the NEW YoRK TIMES - - such as ra Berkw, George Versey, William Rhoden, and, especially, Robert Lipsyte - - have regularly writen on the hypocrisy and corruption of big-timne college sports. Recently, Willham Honan, who writes on educanion, has treated this topic off the NEW YuRKx TIMES sports pages. See Sperber's bliographical notes in the back of BEER ANDCIRCS (pp.278-3t) for many more references. NCAA & EDUCATION / continued on page 2.. Digitized from Best Copy Available * 0 * 0 0

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