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PERSPECTIVES: (On the Elimination of MSU’s Men’s & Women’s Swimming and Diving) “I’m told I need to move on, find another hobby and leave the sport that has molded my identity since I was 4 years old.”

"I will continue to “beat the broken drum” and just keep swimming until it’s impossible for the administration to ignore …
by Future U/ May 24, 2022/ MSU, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: University Athletic Director Fired Because of Non-Competitiveness in NIL Marketplace

“Where we erred was focusing on educating our athletes about NIL and not just collecting cash and paying kids to …
by Future U/ May 11, 2022/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/

FUTUREU Forum: Boundary Issues in the Commercialization of Revenue-Generating College Sports

The sports are moving farther away from their amateur roots, tenuously connected with their higher education host. 
by Future U/ March 1, 2022/ Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society, Video/

PERSPECTIVES: “We Better be Asking What We Want College Football To Be, and How We Make Sure It Still Fits Inside a University Environment”

Read Jason Kelly's provocative essay, published in the Winter 2021-2022 issue of The Notre Dame Magazine.
by Future U/ January 9, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

Shadow Side of Commercialized College Sports Featured in FutureU Video

Andrew Zimbalist, Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics, Smith College, writes about the money side of revenue-generating college sports.
by Future U/ December 30, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Video/

Here’s the Right Move for America’s Major Sports-Playing Universities

Major college football & basketball are exciting, but what they don't do is connect well to higher education's mission and …
by Frank Fear/ November 28, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Is this Nuts or What? Terminating Major College Coaching Contracts Cost Half-Billion Nationally

If this is the cost of doing business, then the business needs to change.
by Future U/ November 1, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Previously Denied Compensation for Playing, College Athletes are Cashing In

Incoming Ohio State freshman--situated 4th string on the depth chart--signed three deals worth an estimated $1.5 million.
by Future U/ September 6, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Cut College Sports Teams? Adding Teams (N=12) is Plan at Hobart and William Smith

In a press release, President Joyce P. Jacobsen said: “We are doubling down on our commitment to athletics and the experiences …
by Future U/ August 6, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Time Out! Why Aren’t Fall Athletic Events Included in Campus Vaccination/Mask Mandates?

It’s a big question, too. Here’s what Dr. Michael Saag, a University of Alabama, Birmingham infectious disease expert had to …
by Future U/ August 3, 2021/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

Former MSU VP, Now Chancellor at UC Riverside, Takes Aim at Knotty Issue–Funding Intercollegiate Athletics

On this metric, Riverside doesn’t want to be #1 in the country.  
by Frank Fear/ May 12, 2021/ Public Higher Ed/

College Sports Has a Shadow Side

Not far from the crowds, cheers, and all of the excitement that goes along with major college sports, there’s something …
by Frank Fear/ January 6, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘Too Few.’ As Black Players Play, White Coaches Coach

Troubling pattern found in the results of a new study released by the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University. …
by Future U/ November 8, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

NEWS BRIEFS: Michigan State Eliminates Swimming and Diving, Activists Organize to Respond

FROM THE LANSING STATE JOURNAL: “In the week since the announcement …. a movement has started. It began with an …
by Future U/ October 30, 2020/ Higher Ed, MSU, News Briefs/

NEWS BRIEFS: Lawsuit Threat Motivates Public University to Reinstate Sports Teams Slated for Elimination

FROM INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “Lawyers representing women student-athletes (at William & Mary) threatened a class-action lawsuit if the teams weren’t …
by Future U/ October 18, 2020/ Public Higher Ed/
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