An Investigation of Financial Spending and Distributive Justice Principles in NCAA Division I Athletic Departments. Issue 1 (April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cooper, Coyte G.; Gaynor, Danielle; Shields, Edgar W.; Osborne, Barbara
• Is Part Of: Journal for the study of sports & athletes in education. Volume 8:Issue 1(2014:Apr.)
• Page Start: 47
• Page End: 64
• Publication Date: 2014-04
• Subjects: Athletes -- Education (Higher) -- Periodicals; College sports -- United States -- Periodicals; College athletes -- Education -- Periodicals; Sports -- Periodicals; 796.04305
• DOI: 10.1179/1935739714Z.00000000018
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1935-7397

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>The Knight Commission cites two critical spending issues in Division I college athletics: the imbalance of rapidly rising expenditures against slow-moving revenues and the widening gap between wealthy conferences and struggling conferences (2009). The purpose of this study is to compare expenditure trends in men's revenue sports, men's non-revenue sports, and female sports from 2006–2009, to determine if differences in distributive justice principles exist in budget decisions of athletic departments that fall within three Division I classifications: Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), and the Non-Football Subdivision (Division I without Football). FBS institutions were found to almost completely abide by equity principles when making budgetary decisions while the FCS and Non-Football Subdivision made more decisions founded in principles of equality and need.</p> </abstract>