Review: The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports

The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports by Kenneth L. Shropshire
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Shropshire and Williams make a compelling argument about repositioning college sports and finding a way to improve a system that they show is failing too many people in the higher echelons of competitive college sports. Their goal isn't to take down the institution but to advocate for a smarter method that does not careless waste student-athletes' futures nor over-exploit them in the way that college-level sports organizations currently do. They highlight just how profitable the college sports are and how very little such profit benefits students in general and in particular, the student-athletes, in ways that guarantee an education and financially covering them beyond just tuition. Their proposal is moderate and largely maintains a pathway that maintains college sports in ways that viewers will still appreciate. While it makes sense, given the billion-dollar industry that college sports entail, changing it can feel like a monumental task and possibly a lost cause. That said, I appreciate that they were able to bring a clear critique of the industry but also a pathway to improvement. I would strongly recommend this for sports fans in hopes of helping them understand a key missing piece of the puzzle in how they think about college sports as well as those who work at colleges with strong sports teams.

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