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The myth of the amateur : a history of college athletic scholarships / Ronald A. Smith.

by Smith, Ronald A. (Ronald Austin), 1936- author.

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Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021.

Professionalism in sports -- United States.

College athletes -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc. -- United States -- History.

College sports -- United States -- History.

9781477322864 (hardcover)

1477322868 (hardcover)

Terry and Jan Todd series on physical culture and sports.

viii, 336 pages ; 24 cm

Introduction -- Amateurism then and now -- The Harvard dilemma -- amateur or professional -- Scholarships: eastern authority and early payments -- Training, training tables, and athletic dorms -- The amateur challenge of summer baseball for pay -- The 1929 Carnegie Report: condemnation of professionalism -- The Southeastern Conference and athletic scholarships -- National athletic scholarship failure: the Sanity Code -- The cleansing of the Ivy League: no athletic scholarships? -- Recruiting, full scholarships, and the Big Ten succumbs -- Academic standards, the 1.600 rule, and their demise -- Taxation, workers' compensation, and the student-athlete -- Women's athletics, Title IX, and the Kellmeyer lawsuit -- Television, unions, and the collapse of amateurism -- Is NCAA amateurism alive?: the O'Bannon lawsuit impact -- The Alston and Jenkins lawsuits, and NCAA fig-leafed professionalism -- State and federal legislative pay-for-play action

"In this in-depth look at the heated debates over paying college athletes, Ronald A. Smith starts at the beginning: the first intercollegiate athletics competition--a crew regatta between Harvard and Yale--in 1852, when both teams received an all-expenses-paid vacation from a railroad magnate. This striking opening sets Smith on the path of a story filled with paradoxes and hypocrisies that plays out on the field, in meeting rooms, and in courtrooms--and that ultimately reveals that any insistence on amateurism is invalid, because these athletes have always been paid, one way or another. From that first contest to athletes' attempts to unionize and California's recent laws, Smith shows that, throughout the decades, undercover payments, hiring professional coaches, and breaking the NCAA's rules on athletic scholarships have always been part of the game. He explores how the regulation of student-athletes has shifted; how class, race, and gender played a role in these transitions; and how the case for amateurism evolved from a moral argument to one concerned with financially and legally protecting college sports and the NCAA. Timely and thought-provoking, The Myth of the Amateur is essential reading for college sports fans and scholars"--

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