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The impact of NCAA men’s basketball probations on the quantity and quality of student applications and enrollment

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  • Peter A. Groothuis
  • Austin F. Eggers
  • Parker T. Redding

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Collegiate sports programmes have been characterized as the front porch of a university, serving to publicize the institution and draw students to the door. Previous research in this area has indicated a positive correlation between athletic success and the quantity and quality of students attending the university. Conversely, we seek to analyse if athletic malfeasance, as measured by NCAA probations of men’s basketball programmes, negatively affects either the quantity or quality of students at a university. Our findings suggest that while basketball probations do not change the overall quantity of applications nor enrolment at a university, there is a significant adverse impact on the quality of freshman enrolling at the university as measured by Scholastic Aptitude Test scores. Our finding suggests that athletics do indeed serve as a front porch to a university and that athletic sanctions in men’s basketball have a detrimental effect on the average quality of students attending a university.

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  • Peter A. Groothuis & Austin F. Eggers & Parker T. Redding, 2019. "The impact of NCAA men’s basketball probations on the quantity and quality of student applications and enrollment," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(8), pages 657-660, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:26:y:2019:i:8:p:657-660
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2018.1489107
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    1. Brent A. Evans & Christopher Clark & Joshua D. Pitts, 2024. "The Effects of Marijuana Legalization on NCAA Men's Basketball Recruiting," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 25(2), pages 200-216, February.
    2. Kerianne Lawson, 2021. "The Lasting Impact of NCAA Sanctions: SMU and the Death Penalty," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 22(8), pages 946-981, December.
    3. Austin F. Eggers & Peter A. Groothuis & Parker Redding & Kurt W. Rotthoff & Michael Solimini, 2020. "Universities Behaving Badly: The Impact of Athletic Malfeasance on Student Quality and Enrollment," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 21(1), pages 87-100, January.

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    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • Z20 - Other Special Topics - - Sports Economics - - - General
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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