The Special Relationship Between Student-Athletes and Colleges: An Analysis of a Heightened Duty of Care for the Injuries of Student-Athletes
Year: 1996
Type: article
Abstract: 1.For example, the University of Michigan, Illinois, Duke, and Seton Hall each received about $1.23 million for their participation in the 1989 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament.Cathy J.Jones, College Athletes: Illness or Injury and the Decision to Return to Play, 40 BuFF.L. Pv. 113, 154 (1992).2. The NCAA is composed of almost 1000 member institutions.Member schools are divided into three main legislative and competitive divisions, depending on the size of the school and the expansiveness of the athletic program.The NCAA's purpose is to create policy regarding intercollegiate athletics.It supervises conduct and the needs of its member institutions, enforces safety, administrative, athletic, and educational guidelines affecting college athletics.See generally GEORGE W. SCHuBERT ET AL., SPORTS LAW (1986) (discussing the role of the NCAA in the regulation of intercollegiate athletics).3.Jones, supra note 1, at 154. 4. In reality, only a select group of college athletic departments generate the tremendous levels of revenues each year.Most college athletic programs do not make a profit.MuRRAy SPERBER, COLLEGE SPORTS, INC.
Source: Marquette law review
Author: Andrew D. Rhim
Institution: Marquette University
Language: English
Topic: Legal Issues in Education
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1503950442