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See - those academics, it's so easy to press their buttons. LOL. The truth is that , guys like Zimbalist, are no different than chemistry and physics profs that are looking for the next great invention, or the lawyer, looking for that one HUGE case.......and waquoit nailed it - he found his niche, and he's economically secure now, as a writer, because of it.
Upstater, you want to fix the problem? You're barking up the wrong tree. Subsidized college athletics, is no different than living with credit card debit.
THe issue is that intercollegiate athletics operates under the farce of amateurism. All kinds of incredible accounting gymnastics are accepted across the board at major institutions, billion dollar instititutions, are allowed to do accounting magic, becuase of the farce of amateurism.
I've made no secret in the past that I like the Naval Academy. The Academy is a unique institution, and could be and should be a model, if people are really serious about addressing how athletics fits into the mission of a higher education institution. The naval academy athletic department, is a business entity that is entirely separate and distinct from the academic institution that is the USNA. I personally, am not aware of any other 1-A football school in the country, that is subsidized by taxpayer money, that follows the same model. The NAAA is classified as a 501-C non-profit, and therefore has to do it's accounting that way, and takes ZERO tax payer dollars to run their athletic department. All taxpayer dollars going to the USNA - are directed to the academic institution. It would be really easy to file the paperwork and make it no longer amateur.
Now - how many athletic departments around the country - at 1-A football schools, upstater, could sever all ties with taxpayer money, and still have a viable academic and athletic entities? That's the kind of question that would make for a very interesting economic study on academics and athletics at the 1-A level.
Not too many Ph.D's in universities though, that are going to look at that though, and what you do get is constant reiterations of that paper I cited from WMU.
Upstater, you want to fix the problem? You're barking up the wrong tree. Subsidized college athletics, is no different than living with credit card debit.
THe issue is that intercollegiate athletics operates under the farce of amateurism. All kinds of incredible accounting gymnastics are accepted across the board at major institutions, billion dollar instititutions, are allowed to do accounting magic, becuase of the farce of amateurism.
I've made no secret in the past that I like the Naval Academy. The Academy is a unique institution, and could be and should be a model, if people are really serious about addressing how athletics fits into the mission of a higher education institution. The naval academy athletic department, is a business entity that is entirely separate and distinct from the academic institution that is the USNA. I personally, am not aware of any other 1-A football school in the country, that is subsidized by taxpayer money, that follows the same model. The NAAA is classified as a 501-C non-profit, and therefore has to do it's accounting that way, and takes ZERO tax payer dollars to run their athletic department. All taxpayer dollars going to the USNA - are directed to the academic institution. It would be really easy to file the paperwork and make it no longer amateur.
Now - how many athletic departments around the country - at 1-A football schools, upstater, could sever all ties with taxpayer money, and still have a viable academic and athletic entities? That's the kind of question that would make for a very interesting economic study on academics and athletics at the 1-A level.
Not too many Ph.D's in universities though, that are going to look at that though, and what you do get is constant reiterations of that paper I cited from WMU.