Full Description
College students are now regarded as consumers, not students, and nowhere is the growth and exploitation of the university more obvious than in the realm of college sports, where the evidence is in the stadiums built with corporate money, and the crowded sporting events sponsored by large conglomerates.
The contributors to Sport and the Neoliberal University examine how intercollegiate athletics became a contested terrain of public/private interests. They look at college sports from economic, social, legal, and cultural perspectives to cut through popular mythologies regarding intercollegiate athletics and to advocate for increased clarity about what is going on at a variety of campuses with regard to athletics. Focusing on current issues, including the NCAA, Title IX, recruitment of high school athletes, and the Penn State scandal, among others, Sport and the Neoliberal University shows the different ways institutions, individuals, and corporations are interacting with university athletics in ways that are profoundly shaped by neoliberal ideologies.
Contents
Introduction: Contexts and Constraints in Contemporary Intercollegiate Athletics
Ryan King-White
Part I: Ongoing Issues
Chapter 1: Truth for Sale: Penn State, (Joe) Paterno, and (Terry) Pegula
Henry Giroux, Susan Searls Giroux and Ryan King-White
Chapter 2: "A common-sense, fiscally conservative approach": Sport, politics, and the death of higher education in Wisconsin
Neal C. Ternes and Michael D. Giardina
Chapter 3: Fixing the Front Porch?: Maryland's Move to the Big-10
Jaime DeLuca and Callie Batts Maddox
Chapter 4: Football, Rape Culture, and the Neoliberal University (as) Brand: Reflections on Institutional Governance in the Jameis Winston Rape Investigation
Matthew G. Hawzen, Lauren C. Anderson, and Joshua I. Newman
Chapter 5: College Athletes as Employees & the Politics of Title IX
Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D.
Part II: Emerging Concerns
Chapter 6: "The National Collegiate Athletic Association's "Nothing Short of Remarkable" Rebranding of Academic Success
Richard M. Southall and Crystal Southall
Chapter 7: Is this the beginning of the end? Small colleges and universities are questioning the value of an NCAA program for their student body
Oliver Rick
Chapter 8: Confessions of a Human Trafficker: Inside the Global Network (Of International - Student - Athletes in NCAA Football)
Adam Beissel
Chapter 9: Welcome to the Factory: College Athletics and Corporatized Recruiting
Jacob J. Bustad and Ronald L. Mower
Chapter 10: "Some Kind of Joke": Consultancy Firms and College Athletics
Ryan King-White
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Index
