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- Title
The Blind Side of College Athletics: Examining California's Student Athlete Bill of Rights and Athletic Expenditures.
- Authors
Umbricht, Mark R.; Fernandez, Frank; Ortega, Guillermo
- Abstract
Many college athletes suffer career-ending injuries that leave them with expensive medical bills and lost scholarship opportunities. California's 2012 student athlete bill of rights mandated that the state's universities continue to care for college athletes by providing access to medical care and equivalent scholarships even if they were injured and could no longer participate in athletics. We analyzed publicly available data from the college athletics financial information database using multiple quasi-experimental approaches, including difference-in-differences with propensity score weights and synthetic control methods. We found evidence that Cal-Berkeley and UCLA increased medical expenditures but not student aid. Our findings were robust across both types of analyses. We discuss implications and offer directions for future research related to policy implementation.
- Subjects
BERKELEY (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; COLLEGE sports; ATHLETIC scholarships; STUDENT financial aid; COLLEGE athletes; UNIVERSITY of California, Los Angeles; UNIVERSITY of California, Berkeley; FINANCIAL databases; HEALTH care industry billing
- Publication
Research in Higher Education, 2023, Vol 64, Issue 1, p33
- ISSN
0361-0365
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11162-022-09697-5