Tag Archives: college
Labor case shows NU taught its athletes well
Former Wildcats quarterback Kain Colter, who helped lead the fight, clearly learned a bit about economics, ethics, history, political science, mathematics and other academic disciplines. That Northwestern education fueled the sense of what is needed, what is possible and what … Continue reading
Is college football a labor of love or just plain labor?
Forty-hour work weeks; 13 or even 14 games; summer schedules; bowl seasons that take away the limited time before spring ball; TV networks; coaches making millions; the risk of brain trauma: players were consulted about none of it. And at … Continue reading
Sports Illustrated’s five-part series on Oklahoma State football
Illicit payments, toothless drug policies, academic dishonesty and even the use of sex to induce recruits comport with the most cynical perception of big-time college sports programs. More troubling and revealing, though, was the human cost of the corruption in … Continue reading