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College athletic recruiting
VANDERBILT ABOLISHES ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT I like to win. I also like to sleep at night. But after 23 years leading universities, I find it increasingly difficult to do both.
This has been the most ignominious year in recent memory for college sports. We've seen coaches behaving badly, academic fraud, graft, possibly even murder. Clearly, the system is broken, and fixing it will require more than sideline cheering. That's why, last month, we at Vanderbilt announced that we would replace our traditional athletic department with a new body that is more connected to the mission of the university and more accountable to the institution's academic leadership. We'll no longer need an athletic director. We're not eliminating varsity sports, mind you, or relinquishing our membership in the highly competitive Southeastern Conference. Rather, we're making a clear statement that the "student-athlete" -- a term invented decades ago when college sports was faced with another seemingly endless parade of scandals -- belongs back in the university. |
As Bill Bowen and Sarah Levin point out in their new book, Reclaiming the Game: College Sports and Educational Values, even at the best colleges and universities in the country, student-athletes are increasingly isolated.
Many athletic departments exist as separate, almost semi-autonomous fiefdoms within universities, and there is the feeling that the name on the football jersey is little more than a "franchise" for sports fans.
They do not participate in the extracurricular activities that are so important for personal growth. They miss out on opportunities to study abroad or have internships.
They spend too much time in special athletic facilities that are off-limits to the rest of the student body. And their world can too often be defined by coaches' insatiable demands for practice and workout sessions.
True, this is the cost of staying competitive in college sports, where tens of millions of dollars are at stake. But should it be?
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