Education 6203 Signature Assignment.

1. The Roles and Rights
of
Student-Athletes in Higher Education
Anthony M. Tang
EDU 6203
Northeastern University
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2. Student-Athlete Status
• Stigmatized in Higher
Education
• Additional Pressure
• The term “Student-Athlete”
– When one puts the term
“student” in front of athlete,
“it connotes the assumption
that the student does indeed
come first” (Clark, 2013, p.
25).
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3. What rights
do
Student-Athletes
have?
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4. Marcum v. Dahl
• Inflammatory remarks toward a
coaching staff
• Deprivation of First Amendment
Rights
– Marcum 658 F.2d at 733
• Due Process
– Fuentes v. Shevin 407 U.S. 67 (1972)
• Importance of Athletic
Scholarships
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5. Rutledge v. Arizona Board of Regents
• Compensation for alleged battery
and harassment by Head Coach
and assistants
• Eleventh Amendment barred
jurisdiction over the University
Board of Regents
– Rutledge 660 F.2d at 1350
• Coaches are not immune from
liability for tortious actions
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6. Arkansas Gazette Company
v. Southern State College
• Right to keep financial aid
information confidential
• No reasonable expectation of
privacy concerning public funds
dispersed unless within
exceptions
– Arkansas Gazette Company 620 S.W.
2d at 260
• Significance of jurisdiction of
institution
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7. Athletics & Higher Education
• Produce revenue
• Increased recruiting for
institutions
• Public relations tool
• Create social bonds on campus
• Grow educationally and socially
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8. The landscape of higher education will
continue to change, and as it does, so
will the roles and rights of student-athletes.
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9. References
Arkansas Gazette Company v. Southern State College 620 S.W. 2d 258 (1981)
Clark, R.P. (2013). Athlete-student? diverse examines monetary investment in student-athletes.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
Fuentes v. Shevin 407 U.S. 67 (1972)
Goldman, L. (1989). Sports and Antitrust: Should College Students Be Paid to Play. Notre Dame
L. Rev., 65, 206.
Graham, D.L. (2012). Academics and athletics: the necessary tension in higher education.
Diverse. Retrieved from http://diverseeducation.com/article/17125/.
Marcum v. Dahl 658 F.2d 731 (10th Cir. 1981)

10. Parent, C. M. (2003). Forward Progress-An Analysis of Whether Student-Athletes Should Be
Paid. Va. Sports & Ent. LJ, 3, 226.
Rutledge v. Arizona Board of Regents 660 F.2d 1345 (9th Cir. 1981)
Simons, H. D., Bosworth, C., Fujita, S., & Jensen, M. (2007). The athlete stigma in higher
education. College Student Journal.
Staton, R. (1983). Recent Cases Concerning the Rights of Student Athletes. JC & UL, 10, 209.
Umbach, P. D., Palmer, M. M., Kuh, G. D., & Hannah, S. J. (2006). Intercollegiate athletes and
effective educational practices: Winning combination or losing effort?. Research in
Higher Education, 47(6), 709-733.