About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

46 U. Rich. L. Rev. 1141 (2011-2012)
The NCAA and the Student-Athlete: Reform is on the Horizon

handle is hein.journals/urich46 and id is 1149 raw text is: COMMENTS THE NCAA AND THE STUDENT-ATHLETE: REFORM IS ON THE HORIZON I. INTRODUCTION In late 1905, sixty-two colleges and universities became the charter members of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States.! In 1906, the organization took the name the Na- tional Collegiate Athletic Association (the NCAA).2 The NCAA was established to protect young people from the dangerous and exploitive athletics practices of the time.' Today, the organiza- tion regulates some 400,000 student-athletes and boasts around 1000 member institutions.' The NCAA, a voluntary organization, is the oldest, wealthiest, and most powerful of the national asso- ciations, governing the largest, richest, and most popular sports programs in higher education.' The organization established it- 1. History, NAT'L COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASS'N, http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/con nect/public/ncaaabout+the+ncaawho+we+are/about+the+ncaa+history (last visited May 1, 2012). 2. Id. 3. Id.; see ROGER I. ABRAMS, SPORTS JUSTICE: THE LAW AND BUSINESS OF SPORTS 67 (2010). See generally Ronald J. Waicukauski, The Regulation of Academic Standards in Intercollegiate Athletics, in L. & AMATEUR SPORTS 161, 162 (Ronald J. Waicukauski ed., 1982) (The NCAA was formed in 1906 to regulate and supervise college athletics throughout the United States. It is a voluntary association dedicated to the objective, as described in its first constitution, of maintaining athletic activities 'on an ethical plane in keeping with the dignity and high purpose of education.' Almost all the major colleges and universities in the United States are members. There are other national associations regu- lating intercollegiate sports, including the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), composed of approximately 500 small four-year colleges and universities, the Na- tional Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), with a membership of about 600 two- year colleges in its men's division, and the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), controlling women's sports for almost 800 colleges and universities.). 4. Who We Are, NAT'L COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASS'N, http://ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect /publiclNCAA/About+the+NCAA/Who+We+Are (last visited May 1, 2012). 5. Waicukauski, supra note 3, at 162. 1141

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most