College Athletics Hinder Students' Academic Achievement
This article investigates whether intercollegiate athletic participation affects scholarly success. The overall means of course grades suggest that athletes do not do as well in the classroom as regular students. Background factors explain this underperformance for most sports; athletes come to school with lower SAT scores and poorer high school preparation. However, players in the revenue sports do worse even accounting for this. This translates to an exploitation of athletes beyond the sidelines and into the classroom. more...