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

The Big Ten Conference
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A 34 page research paper on The Big Ten Conference, its history, state purpose, etc; The writer discusses administrative accessibility, enrollment, and various changes that have occurred over the years. Of particular concern are the conference's rules, regulations, & by-laws. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Bigten.wps

The Effect of Black Pro-Athletes on the Black Community
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(11 pp.)It does not take a rocket scientist to acknowledge that sports figures do influence children, and young adults. Whenever we see one of those supposed professionals doing his own "bad-self" thing it makes most of us cringe, as the message that such an attitude gives off is usually immature and egotistical. However, there are many professional athletes who are making an effort to positively influence their home communities. According to Wilstein (1997), "at a time when sports seem maddeningly intertwined with violence, drugs, sex and arrests, a less sensational and more representative truth is often overlooked: Athletes are involved in charities and volunteer programs - working one on one with children, helping the needy, raising funds to fight diseases - more than perhaps any group in society." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BBblkath.doc

The NCAA
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the NCAA inclusive of its role in higher education and its long history. Several controversies involving the organization are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA044NCA.wps

The NCAA Mission
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This 8 page paper discusses the mission of this often criticized organization that was set up to promote high standards for intercollegiate sports. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: Ncaa.wps

“Sports gambling”
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A five page paper which looks at the widespread social problem of teenage gambling, particularly in relation to college sports, and considers the various ways the problem could be addressed in terms of public attitudes to gambling, legislation and the role of the NCAA in its management of young athletes’ interests. Bibliography lists 4 sources
Filename: JLsportsgamb.wps

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