Scouting the Territory
1. I have decided to use my first topic idea "The Cost of College Sports." I will research just how lucrative the industry of college sports is and what the real cost of the industry is, at the expense of the athletes. I will more specifically look into concussions in college sports, especially football. Ultimately, asking is the sacrifice worth the reward?
2. When querying "injuries in college sports" many, many articles come up from reputable sources, ranging from Sports Illustrated to the National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health. A Google search of "college sports industry" proves that college sports is actually considered big business. There are even revenue breakdowns by sport.
3. I found an article that examines the role of athletics within universities and how it affects educational aims of universities. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ414881 I found a book on Amazon called That's Gotta Hurt: The Injuries That Changed Sports Forever. It shows how sports medicine has had to evolve over time due to increased sports industries and call for prevention strategies. There is a surplus of scholarly articles and books about business, injuries, and many more topics under the college sports umbrella.
4. I got an idea to discuss how coaches and team leaders can set the tone for taking care of injuries or ignoring them to finish out the season, game, whatever the case. Many young players take example from senior players and that is how team culture becomes established, as well as lives on. Coaches drive to succeed, as well as athletic management, can seriously influence how athletes react to injury.
5. I found an interesting article using Google Scholar that looks at the connections between concussion reporting to coach support, year-in-school, etc. It examines the role coaches play in concussion reporting. This will help get a closer look at athletes and coaches putting health issues to the side for victory. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jlme.12148
6. Many athletes are speaking out about their belief that they should be paid for playing college sports. It is a multi-million dollar industry, yet the actual athletes that keep it afloat make nothing. Many argue that a free-ride to college is more than enough, while others believe athletes are owed more due to the sacrifices they must make to contribute to team success. Is there a way to make the sacrifice well worth it?
https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/risk-unpaid-college-athletes-exploited-others-reap-millions/
2. When querying "injuries in college sports" many, many articles come up from reputable sources, ranging from Sports Illustrated to the National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health. A Google search of "college sports industry" proves that college sports is actually considered big business. There are even revenue breakdowns by sport.
3. I found an article that examines the role of athletics within universities and how it affects educational aims of universities. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ414881 I found a book on Amazon called That's Gotta Hurt: The Injuries That Changed Sports Forever. It shows how sports medicine has had to evolve over time due to increased sports industries and call for prevention strategies. There is a surplus of scholarly articles and books about business, injuries, and many more topics under the college sports umbrella.
4. I got an idea to discuss how coaches and team leaders can set the tone for taking care of injuries or ignoring them to finish out the season, game, whatever the case. Many young players take example from senior players and that is how team culture becomes established, as well as lives on. Coaches drive to succeed, as well as athletic management, can seriously influence how athletes react to injury.
5. I found an interesting article using Google Scholar that looks at the connections between concussion reporting to coach support, year-in-school, etc. It examines the role coaches play in concussion reporting. This will help get a closer look at athletes and coaches putting health issues to the side for victory. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jlme.12148
6. Many athletes are speaking out about their belief that they should be paid for playing college sports. It is a multi-million dollar industry, yet the actual athletes that keep it afloat make nothing. Many argue that a free-ride to college is more than enough, while others believe athletes are owed more due to the sacrifices they must make to contribute to team success. Is there a way to make the sacrifice well worth it?
https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/risk-unpaid-college-athletes-exploited-others-reap-millions/
I like the idea of the "cost of college sports" -- for the athletes themselves. That sounds like a great project concept and title, as it pulls together various strands, from the concussion and injury crisis to the way athletes are not paid (and are not allowed to do paid work in many cases). You should see that HBO doc "Student Athlete," which features a poor student who ran afoul of NCAA rules when he accepted money for rent, and then he was injured while pushing himself in try-outs for an alternate route to the pros. A sad story that definitely highlights "the costs" for the students.
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