The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports Shropshire Kenneth L.Paperback
2018 DIGITAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST SOCIAL IMPACT BOOKThe student-athlete's life: practice, gym, weight room, film review, repeat. Simply put, sports come first. Academics is a distant second.As…
Specifikacia The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports Shropshire Kenneth L.Paperback
2018 DIGITAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST SOCIAL IMPACT BOOKThe student-athlete's life: practice, gym, weight room, film review, repeat. Simply put, sports come first. Academics is a distant second.As the revenues generated by big-time college sports continue to skyrocket, virtually all of the debate involves whether (and how much) student-athletes should be paid for play. Kenneth L. Shropshire and Collin D. Williams, Jr., argue that "student" has to come first in student-athlete: the focus should be on prioritizing a meaningful education.In The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports, Shropshire and Williams draw on new research to reveal that it has become increasingly difficult for college athletes to balance school and sports, much less a social life, leading to serious economic, professional,