Drake Group

The Drake Group is a network of American academics who believe that college athletics has become too dominant a force on university campuses. It was established after a 1999 meeting at Drake University in Iowa by Drake University Provost, Dr. Jon Ericson and Dr. Allen Sack, a sociologist at the University of New Haven, at which the Drake Group presently resides. The current president is Dr. B. David Ridpath of Ohio University.[1] The Drake Group used to be known as the National Alliance for College Athletic Reform.[2]

Since 2004, they have given an annual award named after the University of Chicago president Robert Maynard Hutchins.

References

  1. Asuncion-Reed, Redante. "Group Seeks to Reform Market-driven College Athletics". Footnotes. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  2. Davies, Richard O. (Spring 2001). "Review of Beer and Circuses: How Big-Time College Sports Is Crippling Undergraduate Education" (PDF). Journal of Sport and History. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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