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Athletes, Veterans, And Neuroscience: A Symposium On Traumatic Brain Injury And Law, Jane Campbell Moriarty Dec 2017

Athletes, Veterans, And Neuroscience: A Symposium On Traumatic Brain Injury And Law, Jane Campbell Moriarty

Jane Campbell Moriarty

The last several years have educated us about the multiple causes and effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI). We have learned about concussions and brain injuries that many athletes suffer and the possibility of long term damage that such injuries may cause. The public is now sadly aware that many veterans are returning from Afghanistan and Iraq with combat-related brain injuries. And many citizens have learned first-hand that serious accidents can cause concussions and other forms of serious brain injuries.

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Sharing Stupid $H*T With Friends And Followers: The First Amendment Rights Of College Athletes To Use Social Media, Meg Penrose Nov 2015

Sharing Stupid $H*T With Friends And Followers: The First Amendment Rights Of College Athletes To Use Social Media, Meg Penrose

Meg Penrose

This paper takes a closer look at the First Amendment rights of college athletes to access social media while simultaneously participating in intercollegiate athletics. The question posed is quite simple: can a coach or athletic department at a public university legally restrict a student-athlete's use of social media? If so, does the First Amendment provide any restraints on the type or length of restrictions that can be imposed? Thus far, neither question has been presented to a court for resolution. However, the answers are vital, as college coaches and athletic directors seek to regulate their athletes in a constitutional manner.

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Postsecondary Athletics And The Law: A Selected Bibliography, Edmund P. Edmonds Nov 2013

Postsecondary Athletics And The Law: A Selected Bibliography, Edmund P. Edmonds

Edmund P. Edmonds

Although sports have for many years been an integral part of American higher education, it was not until recent years that athletics in colleges and universities became enmeshed in legal problems. The heightened interest in the legal aspects of sports is apparent to even the most casual reader of the daily sports pages, and it is increasingly becoming a major concern of administrators in American colleges. Because of this interest one finds a number of articles appearing in law reviews in recent times, when in the past they were almost non-existent. In fact, the existence of this symposium issue is …

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Doing Affirmative Action, Stephen Clowney Dec 2012

Doing Affirmative Action, Stephen Clowney

Stephen Clowney

Based on the two years I worked in the Admissions Office at Princeton University, I argue that many opponents of racial preferences misunderstand how selective universities evaluate applicants and, as a result, their policy arguments are weaker than generally believed. More specifically, I rebut three major critiques put forth by skeptics of affirmative action. First, I claim that racial preferences are less robust than most critics imagine. Second, I argue that affirmative action imposes fewer costs on both whites and blacks than critics indicate. Finally, I show that racial preferences have less weighty moral consequences than critics believe. In fact, …

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Tattoos, Tickets And Other Tawdry Behavior: How Universities Use Federal Law To Hide Their Scandals, Mary Margaret Meg Penrose Jul 2011

Tattoos, Tickets And Other Tawdry Behavior: How Universities Use Federal Law To Hide Their Scandals, Mary Margaret Meg Penrose

Meg Penrose

Please find attached a copy of my recently completed article entitled Tattoos, Tickets and Other Tawdry Behavior: How Universities Use Federal Law to Hide Their Scandals. The article challenges the manner in which schools and their athletic departments invert a federal student privacy law, FERPA, to protect unseemly behavior and athletic scandals. Four case studies are presented: the University of Maryland and one athlete's accumulation of over $8,200 in parking fines; North Carolina University's athletic department scandal involving parking tickets and improper benefits (for which, just yesterday, the head football coach was fired and the Athletic Director resigned); Florida State …

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Tattoos, Tickets And Other Tawdry Behavior: How Universities Use Federal Law To Hide Their Scandals, Meg Penrose Jul 2011

Tattoos, Tickets And Other Tawdry Behavior: How Universities Use Federal Law To Hide Their Scandals, Meg Penrose

Meg Penrose

Please find attached a copy of my recently completed article entitled Tattoos, Tickets and Other Tawdry Behavior: How Universities Use Federal Law to Hide Their Scandals. The article challenges the manner in which schools and their athletic departments invert a federal student privacy law, FERPA, to protect unseemly behavior and athletic scandals. Four case studies are presented: the University of Maryland and one athlete's accumulation of over $8,200 in parking fines; North Carolina University's athletic department scandal involving parking tickets and improper benefits (for which, just yesterday, the head football coach was fired and the Athletic Director resigned); Florida State …

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Faculty And Male Football And Basketball Players On University Campuses: An Empirical Investigation Of The "Intellectual" As Mentor To The Student Athlete, Keith Harrison Dec 2005

Faculty And Male Football And Basketball Players On University Campuses: An Empirical Investigation Of The "Intellectual" As Mentor To The Student Athlete, Keith Harrison

Dr. C. Keith Harrison

No abstract provided.

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