Open Access“The Centerpiece of College Athletics”: Prioritizing Education in the College Sports Reform Movement
Author(s) -
Aaron L. Miller
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of intercollegiate sport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1941-417X
pISSN - 1941-6342
DOI - 10.17161/jis.v15i1.15391
Subject(s) - basketball , athletes , entertainment , college athletics , balance (ability) , college education , higher education , movement (music) , psychology , core (optical fiber) , political science , public relations , sociology , medical education , law , engineering , medicine , demographic economics , history , physical therapy , economics , philosophy , archaeology , neuroscience , aesthetics , telecommunications
This article, which is based upon long-term fieldwork observations of a big-time women’s college basketball team, proposes reforms that would more sufficiently compensate the professional role big-time college athletes perform, all without sacrificing the educational connection that is vital to the core of college sports for men and women. It argues that colleges involved in big-time college sports should expect college athletes to be students first, allow them to earn pay for their names, images, and likenesses (NILs), and strike a better balance between providing education to athletes and entertainment to the public.