Research from a college Sports and Society class found that simply implementing one rule would take care of the problem facing college athletics. It is recommended that division 1 athletes do not have to attend school, while Division 111 remains unchanged, i.e. with no scholarship availabilities. This is essentially professionalizing college athletics in Division 1 schools. College teams would become a simple investment like apartment buildings, real estate, ECT. The members would not have to attend class or carry a specific grade point average. This is the answer to bringing academic integrity back to schools. Colleges would no longer be lowering their standards for athletes. Unprepared and unmotivated athletes are no longer in classrooms. Coaches aren’t wasting time calling faculty and they aren’t’ tempted to help their athletes stay eligible. This will not decrease the number of students getting educated. Those that want an education can do so, but it isn’t required. The acts of corruption would cease without the problems that remaining eligible brings. This proposal is very similar to that of Dr. Eitzen. It is also against the view that was proposed by Raymie McKerrow that stressed the problem in sports results from reflections of the values of society. Many would argue problems with values in society are a direct result of the media attention that sports receive.

athletes are expected to combine their athletic dreams with academic endeavors. Many athletes use college as a stepping-stone into professional leagues. College is simply a means to their athletic career. Charles Reed, a chancellor for Florida State, feels that the purpose for education is being lost to these individuals. Universities primary existence is due to an academic mission, not athletic entertainment. However, athletes are expected to practice 30 hours a week, attend at the minimum 12 hours of class, do homework, study for exams, travel to out of town games, and have some kind of a social life. To meet the needs of athletes, universities have lowered their academic standards and programs. Athletes are often clustered into classes that they have the best chance of passing. The goal of striving towards academic integrity has shifted from the best education to the easiest one. Raymie McKerrow, a professor, seems to think this is not all negative. She says that sports are an educational entity in their own right. Sports teach, “enduring values of challenge and response, teamwork, dis

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, Raymie McKerrow, Louis Barbash, Knight Commission, Sports Society, Ivy League, Dr Eitzen, Charles Reed, Classic August, African Americans, college athletics, academic integrity, intercollegiate athletics, college sports, ncaa regulate, louis barbash, athletic programs, values society, division 1, athletes expected,