KINES 341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Walter Byers, Student Athlete, University Of Minnesota Basketball Scandal
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*from schooled: the price of college sports (2013: t/f: the united states is the only nation in the world where big money sports are played at institutions of higher learning. Who were people trying to keep out: in 1939, the underclassmen on the university of pittsburgh"s football team went on strike. So, they didn"t have to pay them: in 1974, kent waldrep played football for texas christian university (tcu). He was injured in a game against the u of alabama. Did tcu pay any of his medical costs? no. Paper classes/independent studies were not mandatory and were always graded either an a or b, but no penalties: in 1988, walter byers stepped down as the head of the ncaa. A few years later he gave a speech at one of his last public appearances. Didn"t receive permission to use him in their video game.
