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College Athletics Undermining Academics

Sports and Society Administrator February 26, 2013 0

Bill Morris | New York Times February 23, 2013 Recent studies have demonstrated the incredible increase in cost of big time college athletics programs. One 2010 study found that athletic spending is growing at

The Decline of Sports Journalism

Sports and Society Administrator January 28, 2013 0

By BRIAN WOODSON | Bluefield Daily Telegraph January 27, 2013 A reflection on the negative changes in sports journalism over recent decades. An industry that was once dedicated to sports has now become a

Barack Obama on the Violence of Football

Sports and Society Administrator January 28, 2013 0

BY Frankin Foer and Chris Hughes | News Republic January 27, 2013 President Obama sits down for an interview to discuss key issues the country is facing at the outset of his second term

Recent Scandals Demonstrate the Need for College Athletes to be Paid

Sports and Society Administrator January 24, 2013 0

Dan Wetzel | Yahoo News January 23, 2013 Recent investigations regarding inappropriate donations to the University of Miami football team serve to demonstrate the hypocrisy of college athletes not getting paid. While the NCAA

Te’o Denies Participation in Girlfriend Hoax

Sports and Society Administrator January 19, 2013 1

Steve Eder | New York Times January 19, 2013 Notre Dame star Manti Te’o sat down for an interview with ESPN and maintained that he was not a part of an elaborate girlfriend hoax.

Our mission is to understand society through sports. In doing so the NYUSSP has three key audiences (1) academics including especially students and young people (2) influencers, movers and shakers in the world of sports and (3) fans and the interested public.

To achieve its mission the program has three objectives:
1) Engage in the public examination of sports from multiple academic, cultural, legal and business perspectives,
2) Connect with key decision makers and influencers in the sports sector to initiate conduct a broad and timely dialogue on what sports mean to our and other societies and determine what the range of its potential is as an instrument of social change,
3) Create opportunities for both rapid and sustained analysis that demonstrates sports’ capability as both a learning tool and a topic for interdisciplinary research.