WEBINAR #25: 2023 Sack Symposium Proceedings – Session Four – “Are We Getting What We Paid For? Entertainment or Education?”

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WEBINAR #25: 2023 Sack Symposium Proceedings – Session Four – “Are We Getting What We Paid For? Entertainment or Education?”

A panel of experts explores the economic drivers of college sports and how they affect athlete education.  The NCAA’s Division I athletics enterprise generates $15.8 billion in annual revenues of which only $2.9 billion –18.2 percent — is returned to athletes in the form of athletics scholarships and only 1 percent is spent on medical treatment and insurance protections compared to 35 percent spent on administrative and coach compensation and 18% on lavish facilities. Will a redistribution of expenditures address unacceptable academic outcomes or the long-term impact of athletic injuries?