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OpEd: College football kicks off over Labor Day weekend, but players are still not employees
Overview: Unpacking the fight for college athlete employment In this op-ed, Michele Roberts, former NBPA Executive Director and Ellen J. Staurowsky, Sports Media Professor Emerita at Ithaca College examine how the proposed Protect College Sports Act attempts to grant the NCAA antitrust immunity while denying college athletes basic employment recognition and fair compensation.
Commentary: NCAA Board of governors must protect transgender women athlete inclusion in college sport
April 26, 2024 Editor’s Note: This is a guest commentary. The opinions do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board.
Letter from the Editor in Chief - Another Compelling Issue of Title IX Alert
By Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Ithaca College Welcome to our Summer 2023 Edition of Title IX Alert (which can be subscribed to for free here.). In this edition we offer the opportunity to explore a series of Title IX athletics cases and developments that present ample opportunity for thought and reflection. In Madison Fisk et al. v. Board of Trustees of the California State University and San Diego State University, U.S. District Court Judge Todd W.
The EADA’s Crucial Role in the College Athlete Compensation Debate
Today’s guest author is Ellen J. Staurowsky, professor of sports media at Ithaca College. The employment status and fair compensation of college athletes are being discussed in state legislatures, U.S. Congress, federal agencies—such as the National Labor Relations Board—and federal courts.
An Act of Honor or Exploitation? The Cleveland Indians’ Use of the Louis Francis Sockalexis Story
Using a critical theory approach, this paper examines how perceptions of historical accuracy impact on the legitimation of the Cleveland Indians’ claim that the Native imagery used in the promotion of the franchise was chosen to honor the first Native American to play in the major leagues, Louis Francis Sockalexis.
Commentary: College sport amateurism is a tool of oppression
Tools of oppression are sometimes disguised within stories of admirable intent. In the college sport industry, one such tool is the principle of amateurism, presented to mass audiences through happy narratives about “student-athletes” chasing dreams of athletic excellence while pursuing their educations, playing for glory and the love of alma mater.
Study: “How the NCAA’s Empire Robs Predominantly Black Athletes of Billions in Generational Wealth”
Study: “How the NCAA’s Empire Robs Predominantly Black Athletes of Billions in Generational Wealth” NCPA Executive Director Ramogi Huma and Drexel University professor Dr. Ellen Staurowsky published a study exposing how NCAA sports uses amateurism as an excuse to deny college football and men’s basketball players approximately $10 billion in generational wealth over a 4-year period.
Commentary: Amid the madness, don't forget players' rights
As the Villanova Wildcats continue their run in the NCAA men's basketball tournament, March Madness fever runs high here in Philadelphia. The magnetic pull of the bracket will overtake the concentration of many a worker and inspire talk around the water cooler. And the narrative that the March Madness athletes competing in a multibillion-dollar industry are "kids" just showing up for the fun of it will kick into high gear.
Title IX at XLV, 2017
Title IX turned 45 this year. This would normally be a cause for celebration, but these are not normal times. Instead, as with many advances in civil rights, we find ourselves reflecting on the backlash, strategizing about how to defend Title IX’s landmark achievements rather than celebrating them. Title IX, a section of the United States Education Amendments of 1972, prohibits sex discrimination in educational institutions that receive federal funding (which covers the majority of schools).
Create a Professional College Sports League
What is one thing you would do to fix college sports? I would encourage the development of a super-power structure, sooner rather than later, with the end result being the creation of what would be akin to a professional league for the big-time college sports of football and men's basketball.
Reconsidering the Use of the Term Student-Athlete in Academic Research
Although the term student-athlete does not appear in any standard English dictionary, it is routinely used in the United States in reference to athletes who participate in secondary and post-secondary school sport programs. Popular usage of the term student-athlete suggests widespread agreement in the culture and among academics that it is a term with either a favorable meaning or, at the very least, a benign or neutral one.
An Act of Honor or Exploitation
An Act of Honor or Exploitation?: The Cleveland Indians’ Use of the Louis Francis Sockalexis Story by Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D. Associate Professor, Sport Sociology Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 607-274-1730, staurows@ithaca.edu This article was published in Sociology of Sport Journal, 1998, 15 299-316. Those who hold the power also tell the stories.
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