participation in sports for student athletes. Anecdotes about the exploitation of student athletes were cited in the opinion. This …-school pursuits to examine the generality of these anecdotes. On average, student athletes' benefit- often substantially so--in terms …

that an increase in Academic Progress Rate, as measured by the NCAA, for a college team in either sport significantly …

Intercollegiate amateur athletics in the US largely bars student-athletes from sharing in any of the profits generated … rents flow to women's sports and other men's sports and lead to increased spending on facilities, coaches' salaries, and … other athletic department personnel. Using complete roster data for every student-athlete playing sports at these schools in …

positions in the organizations they join. We also find that athletes from more socioeconomically diverse sports teams and from …This paper compares the careers of Ivy League athletes to those of their non-athlete classmates. Combining team …-level information on all Ivy League athletes from 1970 to 2021 with resume data for all Ivy League graduates, we examine both post …

behavior in the context of Big-Time college sports. We resolve the selection issue using data from a large, public university …

available seats. We examine how this increased competition has affected the admissions advantage that legacies and athletes (LA … admissions advantages for legacies and athletes. We develop a simple theoretical model of university admissions to frame our …

makes admissions decisions. Using publicly released reports, we examine the preferences Harvard gives for recruited athletes …-ALDCs. Removing preferences for athletes and legacies would significantly alter the racial distribution of admitted students, with the …