Dealing with an NCAA Scandal -- The Role of Public Relations
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This 4 page report discusses the appropriate action to be taken by a public relations department in dealing with a scandal related to a college basketball team. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWncaapr.rtf

Debate Concerning Pay for College Athletes
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This 6 page paper provides both side of the argument but concludes that college athletes should not be paid. Three precise reasons on each side of the debate are provided. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA7Athlt.wps

Differential In Graduation Rates Between Collegiate Division 1 Male & Female Basketball Players
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A 9 page paper that outlines a research study of graduation rate differentials in basketball players based on gender. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Gradbask.wps

Division I College Athletics: Should Athletes Be Benefiting?
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A 12 page paper which examines how college athletes are expected to devote a large portion of their collegiate life to sports, and considers whether or not they should be benefiting from all the money that is being made by the industry. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TGdivi.rtf

Do Athletics Contribute to the University?
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A 5 page paper which examines whether or note athletics contribute to a university environment. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAathuni.rtf

Gambling in College Sports:
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This 3 page paper offers an overview of gambling in regards to college sports. Furthermore, this paper explores some of the controversy which surrounds this topic. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: GSGamblg.rtf

Intramural Sports: The Positives and Negatives
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An 11 page overview of the impacts of intramural sports. Overall intramural sports can offer a tremendously positive influence to a student’s college experience. Participation in intramural sports, results not only in bettered physical condition but also instills a sense of belonging. There are some negative factors associated with intramural sports as well, however. Two of the most prominent of these are the association of the desire to win with violence and the question of who should fund intramural sports programs. This paper emphasizes that with appropriate design and management, however, even these factors can be overcome. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: PPsprtCl.wps

Learning Disabilities and the NCAA Eligibility Requirements
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of the central issues and legal problems surrounding the attempts by a learning disabled student athlete to pursue participation in NCAA sports. This paper considers the eligibility requirements for NCAA sports and how these requirements can be challenged by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHsportd.wps

Marketing Individual Athletes
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A 5 page paper arguing against the practice of marketing individual college athletes either to professional sports organizations or to local fans in the interest of greater sales of licensed products. Though some believe that collegiate players should be paid, most others still believe that amateur status as defined as the NCAA should be rigidly defended and observed. Bibliography lists 8 source.
Filename: KSmktgAthlete.doc

Preferential Treatment Of College Athletes
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A 6 page paper in which the author discusses the preferential treatment of college athletes, how they are treated, and why they receive the treatment they do. Bibliography included.
Filename: Prefcol.wps

Strategic Plan for an Intercollegiate Athletic Program
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A 15 page paper outlining a plan to promote the "other" collegiate sports. The "big three" - football, basketball and baseball - gain most of the attention given collegiate sports, with baseball trailing at a significant distance. There are nearly two dozen other intercollegiate sports recognized and regulated by the NCAA, however, and most receive far less attention from local fans and media. Increasing budgetary constraints result in increased financial pressures on these other sports, and the five-year plan presented here addresses ways to increase community awareness of and support for these sports. The primary approach is a "grass roots" effort in which players and coaches visit local public and private schools, inviting students to attend their games. Tickets are required but will be freely given for two years, becoming more scarce in subsequent years so that competitions will be generating gate receipts and the teams will be contributing to their own financial support. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: KSathlPlan.wps

Sudden Cardiac Death in Sports
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(10 pp) Sudden deaths in athletes are usually caused by previously unsuspected cardiovascular disease. Such an event often assumes a high public profile because of the generally held perception that trained athletes constitute the healthiest segment of our society. The death of a well-known elite athlete often emphasizes this visibility. Athletic field catastrophes strike to the core of our sensibilities and often galvanize us. They also inevitably raise a number of practical and ethical issues. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBcardac.doc