Scandals in College Sports

Shaun R. Harper is the Clifford and Betty Allen Professor in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California, USA. He is also Executive Director of the USC Race & Equity Center and President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.Jamel K. Donnor is Associate Professor of Education at the College of William and Mary, USA.

"This is a scholarly compendium of scandals that have raised our collective ire over the past 30 years. Authors demonstrate the causes and effects of commercialization on unethical and sometimes unlawful conduct in intercollegiate sports." — Kevin Blackistone, Opinionist at ESPN and The Washington Post, and Professor of Journalism, University of Maryland"Harper and Donnor explore the underbelly of major college athletics and how skyrocketing revenues, salaries, and expectations have led many to lose their moral compass. College sports is more than March Madness and Saturday pageantry; fans owe it to themselves to learn the full story from this excellent book." — Adam Rittenberg, National College Football Reporter, ESPN"It is all fun and games until teams get penalized for violating NCAA policies. The authors analyze college sports scandals with surgical precision in this fascinating book." — Don Bell, Sports Director, CBS Philly

• PrefaceChapter Structure and Section OverviewsAcknowledgments1 Bad Sportsmanship: Why College Sports Are So ScandalousShaun R. Harper and Jamel K. DonnorFIRST QUARTERRecruitment and Compensation Scandals2 Till Death Do Us Part: The Rise and Fall of Mustang Mania at Southern Methodist UniversityDavid Horton Jr. and Justin L. Davis3 Nevin Shapiro’s $930 Million Ponzi Scheme at the University of MiamiC. Keith Harrison and Scott Bukstein4 University of Alabama Albert Means College Recruiting ScandalLouis Harrison Jr., Albert Y. Bimper Jr., Langston Clark, and Martin Smith5 Sports Agents and the Recruitment of Reggie Bush to the University of Southern CaliforniaTimothy Davis and Kenneth L. Shropshire6 Football Memorabilia, Tattoos, and the Fall of Jim Tressel at Ohio StateJamel K. Donnor and Collin D. Williams Jr.7 Suspect Recruiting: The SUNY Binghamton Basketball ScandalCollin D. Williams Jr.8 Covering Up Murder: The Death of Patrick Dennehy at Baylor UniversityKaren WeaverSECOND QUARTERCompetition Schemes, Academics, and Unfair Advantages9 University of Toledo Point-Shaving ScandalEddie Comeaux and Mercedes Rosado10 Academic Misconduct at Florida State UniversityJoy Gaston Gayles and Christopher Faison11 Fake "Paper Classes" at UNC Chapel Hill Timothy Zimmer and Shaun R. Harper12 The NCAA on Drugs: Players, Performance-Enhancing Drugs, and the Need for Tougher Testing Policies and PracticesRoss D. Aikins, Marc E. Christian, and Shaun R. HarperTHIRD QUARTERAbuse and Harm to Student-Athletes13 The Bobby Knight Player-Abuse Scandals at Indiana UniversityJames Soto Antony, Jennifer Lee Hoffman, and Jacob Houston14 Praying to Play: A Coach’s Control of Players’ Spiritual Lives at Oakland UniversityDemetri L. Morgan, Horatio W. Blackman, and Shaun R. Harper15 No Drinking, No Drugs, No Lesbians: Coach Rene Portland and the Culture of Homophobia in Women’s Basketball at Penn StateEdward J. Smith16 Hazing on Women’s Sport Teams at Three Colleges and UniversitiesMarc E. Christian17 "Numerous and Repeated Concussions" at Eastern Illinois University: Adrian Arrington’s Lawsuit Against the NCAAWhitney N. GriffinFOURTH QUARTERSexual Misconduct and Gender Discrimination18 Wrestlers Gone Wild: Gay Porn Starring University of Nebraska Student-AthletesShaun R. Harper and Charles H.F. Davis III19 Illegal Contact? Player-Coach Sexual Relationships at LSU and Boston CollegeWillis A. Jones and Neal H. Hutchens20 Protecting the Pride: The Penn State Jerry Sandusky Child Sex-Abuse ScandalAndrew Howard Nichols and Emil L. Cunningham21 Sex Discrimination and Abuse of a Female Kicker on the University of Colorado Football TeamFrank Harris III22 Gender Discrimination and Retaliation Under Title IX at Fresno StateJennifer Lee Hoffman, Jacqueline McDowell, and Valyncia C. RaphaelEditors and ContributorsIndex