The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports

2018 DIGITAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST SOCIAL IMPACT BOOK

The 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 focu...