A financial analysis of intercollegiate athletics indicates that the programs are excessively deficit-producing and that the financial crisis would exist even if women's athletics were not a factor. Sources of revenues and expenditures are examined and cost control alternatives are suggested. (JMD)

Dudley A. Sargent, M.D., was Director of the Hemenway Gymnasium at Harvard University for 1879 to 1919. For the first ten years he was also an Assistant Professor of Physical Training. In 1889, President Eliot recommended that Dr. Sargent be promoted to full professor. In an unprecedented action the Board of Overseers rejected Eliot's…

The role of college presidents with regard to athletics programs, particularly intercollegiate programs, is explored, and factors that influence presidents' ability to control, such as financial concerns, alumni interest, background, and competition levels, are discussed. The roles of athletics directors, coaches, and athletes themselves are also…

An examination of collegiate athletics suggests that the present financial structure assures that the rich get richer; that the present governing structure separating men's and women's programs will not serve the long-term interests of either group; and that the financial structure for big-time programs precludes wider student participation. (JMD)

A study of the problems ensuing from the growth of intercollegiate athletics during the 1920's into monumental fund-raising events reveals striking social parallels between that time and the present day. This paper examines the social and economic conditions that contributed to the "sports boom" of the Twenties and comments on the similarities…

The value of a strong athletic program to the academic community is discussed along with proper methods of recruitment, uses of grants-in-aid, renewal and reform of sports programs, and solutions to the countless problems the "Big Game" generates. Replete with examples from literature, anthropology, psychology, and sociology, as well as…