Capstones
Graduation Date
Fall 12-13-2023
Grading Professor
Jessica Jacolbe
Subject Concentration
Arts & Culture
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Abstract
With less experience in the world outside of sports as compared to their non-athlete peers, student-athletes are often left to find careers in other fields where they may be unprepared after college.This trend disproportionately affects Black male college-athletes, who make up a majority of the student-athletes on revenue sports teams, like basketball and football, which generate billions of dollars for academic institutions.
Interviews with former student-athletes, activists and educators reveal the source of this disparity and how the student-athlete role can affect a student's college experience, their own self-perception and their transition into a life without sports post-graduation. https://medium.com/@amayamcd24/once-that-ball-goes-flat-what-are-you-gonna-do-1f0baaa14cf4
Recommended Citation
McDonald, Amaya S., "“Once that ball goes flat, what are you gonna do?” How being a student-athlete uniquely affects Black men" (2023). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gj_etds/680
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