Archive for January, 2012
Why college sports are impervious to reform
Posted by mab86@duke.edu in Op-eds, Press on January 6, 2012
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette*
It’s simple; trustees like things the way they are, argues Duke professor CHARLES CLOTFELTER
By Charles Clotfelter
Sunday, January 1, 2012
If Charles Dickens were writing about big-time college sports in 2011, he would have left it at, “It was the worst of times.”
The year began with long-standing concerns about runaway spending, a bowl system that unfairly favors rich conferences and the exploitation of athletes. Then came a string of scandals at high-profile programs, among them Ohio State, North Carolina and Miami. Then the year concluded with shocking allegations of sexual abuse at Penn State and Syracuse.