This article is part of a broader research stream investigating policy and regulatory frameworks impacting International Prospective Student-Athletes (IPSAs) and their transition to the U.S. combining education and athletics. Elsewhere analyzed are the problems faced by IPSAs in particular...

US college football's traditional bowl system, and lack of a postseason playoff tournament, has been controversial for years. The conventional wisdom is that a playoff would be a more fair way to determine the national champion, and more fun for fans to watch. The colleges finally agreed to...

In this paper, we examine how the number of African American and White American coaches in college basketball evolved since 1947. Particularly, we focus on 1973 when the league split up. The separation created asymmetric regulatory requirements. This led to a significant difference in the number...

In an effort to improve their chances of recruiting elite players to play for their athletic teams, the use of "package deals" by Division I Men's basketball teams has increased in recent years. A package deal commonly involves a college offering employment to an associate of an elite athlete in...

This paper extends and corrects previous methodology used to investigate the potential for point shaving in NCAA men's college basketball. We incorporate information from additional betting markets, including second-half betting markets, which allows us to dramatically reduce the unexpected...

Following the NBA's 2006 ‘one-and-done' rule, players have to be at least one year out of high school before being eligible for the annual draft. This study finds that, whereas an array of NBA player performance measures, often referred to as ‘advanced statistics,' are strongly significant...

College athletics, despite being amateur in their nature, have burgeoned into multi-million dollar businesses. However, although there have been many studies of professional athletic leagues, little has been done to examine college athletics as a business. This paper tests popular assumptions...

American college football is a multibillion-dollar industry for the 130 schools that play at the highest level. College football is unique in that it must recruit student athletes, unlike high school or pro football. An entire multimillion-dollar industry has developed to provide recruiting...

The purpose of this study was to examine sponsorship effectiveness at the Division I level, including the relationship between fans and sponsors. To collect the necessary data, the 13-item questionnaire was disseminated at two college football games by volunteer sampling at three Division I...