Student Athletes + Privatization

Privatization has everything to do with money, raising tuition, and upholding respective brands. Me being a Rutgers student as I am sure many other students experience see the money that could be shelled out to the general population as financial aid, goes into the building of sports teams. Stadiums, arenas, recruitment, etc. All of the tourist attractions that builds a brand, colleges need to keep afloat. When it comes to student athletes, think about the footwork they put into their recruits. High school prospects can be scouted at any time, as early as freshmen year. They give them full rides, free privileges, a 2.5 mandated GPA, all to be a part of that respective school's brand. So when a crime is committed in a smaller instance; the team throws a party and there's underage drinking, or a larger instance; penn state's child sex scandal, the school will do what it can to cover up the security of those involved. That is not only for the safety of their players, coaches or whomever else, but for the protection of their money and the worldwide compromise of their school's brand.

Are collegiate athletes treated differently to uphold a school's brand

My topic has remained the same, that being the subject of student athletes being tried differently than you or I. Upon perusing the net a view terms that seemed useful were "student crimes" "athletic cover ups" and other plays on words. However the main branches of my search have been compromised branding and student athlete crimes. This is a rather wide spread topic being broadcasted all across the US so I've encountered ABC, NBC, CBS, ESPN, a bunch of various news coverage. This link (http://csc.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/05/07/1532708612446431) is a great connection to brand compromise in the "Penn State scandal" which also tied into the cover up of a prestigious school's wrongdoings.

Topic Idea

For my final paper I am interested in the subject of student athletes in college. In that regard I am geared towards how they are tried when committing federal offenses as opposed other students or even just people in general who commit the same or similar crimes.