Phillips, Scott , “Shabazz Napier: ‘there are hungry nights that I go to bed and I'm starving,’” NBC Sports, April 7, 2014, http://tinyurl.com/mucq3sp. A star player for the University of Connecticut men's basketball team who led his team to an NCAA Tournament championship says he often goes to bed hungry and sees no proceeds from jersey sales.
Heitner, Darren , “College Athletes Are Not Immune To America's Student Debt Dilemma,”Forbes, June 3, 2014, http://tinyurl.com/ox93fyu. A full-ride athletic scholarship typically does not cover additional living expenses such as housing, according to a lawyer who helps former college athletes deal with student loan debt.
Ganim, Sarah , “CNN analysis: Some college athletes play like adults, read like 5th-graders,” CNN, Jan. 8, 2014, http://tinyurl.com/n4g4xx5. CNN investigation finds that many basketball and football players at public universities read only up to an eighth-grade level.
“Restoring The Balance: Dollars, Values, and the Future of College Sports,” Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, June 2010, http://tinyurl.com/nexwqro. A study by a watchdog group concludes institutions in major athletic conferences spend four to 11 times more per athlete than regular students and calls for rebalancing spending to prioritize academics.
“Trends in Graduation-Success Rates and Federal Graduation Rates at NCAA Division I Institutions,” NCAA Research Staff, NCAA, October 2013, http://tinyurl.com/ngs93le. A presentation by the NCAA compares student-athlete graduation rates at Division I schools by sport, race and gender between 1995 and 2006.
Huma, Ramogi, and Ellen J. Staurowsky , “The $6 Billion Heist: Robbing College Athletes Under the Guise of Amateurism,” National College Players Association and Drexel University Sport Management, 2012, http://tinyurl.com/nu2khpt. A study commissioned by a group working on behalf of student-athletes concludes the NCAA is denying football and basketball players billions of dollars they would receive in an open market.
