Abstract
Nothing could be more professional than big-time college football and basketball teams: colleges recruit and compensate coaches and athletes, impose admission charges for games, and derive substantial revenue from broadcasting. But the term "professional" is studiously avoided. Professionalism is inconsistent with the "myth of the 'student athlete,' the idea that college athletes are Frank Merriwells "who, in the off hours away from dedication to the books, happen to participate in organized sports."
Recommended Citation
Jensen, Erik M.
(1987)
"Taxation, the Student Athlete, and the
Professionalization of College Athletics,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 1987:
No.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol1987/iss1/2
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