College sports are a multi-billion dollar industry that have grown and will continue to grow with the founding and development of ESPN and other sports information technologies. Initially the author sought out to find relationships between winning on the field and academic advancement off the field, but quickly realized there was another story to be told. He examines the college sports scene wi...

T he explosive growth of the college athletics " business " has dramatically altered these amateur games over the past decade. The multimillion dollar university sports enterprises often dwarf academic departments in terms of resources. Athletic departments are commanding more and more attention of college presidents and governing boards, and rightfully so! While many of the perennial top compe...

Department of Physical Education, College of Performing Arts and Sports, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea The Movement Science Center of Research Institute for Sports Science and Sports Industry, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea Department of Kinesiology, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyunghee University,...

The December issue of the JCCA has been devoted to highlighting the significant advances being made by Sports Chiropractic in Canada. In Canada, Sports Chiropractic is regulated by the College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences (Canada), CCSS(C). Chartered as a Specialty College of the chiropractic profession in 1984, the CCSS(C) is an educational and coordinating organization that acts as the Reg...

Ased on the National Education Ministry's "Main Courses Teaching Guidance Outline For College Physical Education Undergraduate Course", this study analyzes some main issues in the football tactic teaching in sports education professional. Combining the present high normal colleges and universities physical education teaching, the study designs and develops the football tactic teaching system wi...

Dr. Miller is a Professor of Higher Education in the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Nearly 60% of all community colleges field athletic teams with over 72,000 students participating in these sports. That represents approximately 11% of all community college male students (5% of female students). Additionally, community colleges invest ...