Balancing STEMS and Sports: A Question of Values

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Balancing STEMS and Sports: A Question of Values

Frank Splitt questions the “quid pro quo” contributions from boosters and the boom in the leasing of stadium skyboxes by corporations and other big-money contributors as well as extortion-like seat taxes, that are fueling the uncontrolled growth of the big-time college-sports entertainment business. He points out that the federal government weakly enforces its Unrelated Business … Read more

Truth Telling on Campus

Frank Splitt laments the Notre Dame decision to terminate the employment of head football coach Tyrone Willingham – breaking the university’s long-standing tradition of honoring its contract commitment to their football coach.  The termination was accomplished by a small group of trustees and university officials apparently without listening to and taking seriously contrary voices and … Read more

Are Big Time Sports Good for America?

Frank Splitt agrees with claims that America’s obsession with modern sports is eroding American life and undermining traditional American values essential to the well-being of the nation.  Splitt addresses questions such as, “Have sports lost their relevance?”, ” Is sport just mindless entertainment?”, “Is our enormous investment in sports as educational tools appropriate for a … Read more

Essays and Commentaries on College Sports Reform

A collection of 14 essays on the need for NCAA reform, all published in the national media during the 2004-05 academic year, all as relevant today as they were then,.   Author Frank Splitt discusses the following topics:  (1) The Economics of College Sports, (2) The Blatant Hypocrisy in Big-time College Sports, (3) Why the … Read more

College Sports Mess Cries for Reform

In this 2004 Daily Herald commentary Frank Splitt discusses athlete behavior, academic fraud and NCAA efforts to control media coverage of the mess in intercollegiate athletics – a reminder that little has changed in the last decade. »Read the full paper