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Illegal moves off-the-field: University Liability for Illegal Acts of Student-Athletes
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Illegal moves off-the-field: University Liability for Illegal Acts of Student-Athletes

Gil B. Fried, M.A and J.D
Seton Hall Journal of Sport Law, Vol.7(1), 4
01/01/1997

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Excerpt - Newspaper headlines throughout 1994 and 1995 focused on abuses meted out to female athletes and non-athletes. A notable example of abuse by an athlete was seen in the O.J. Simpson trial which highlighted Simpson's past record of spousal abuse. The Simpson case represents just one of numerous publicized instances of current and former professional athletes breaking rules off the playing field. Rule breakers are not relegated just to professional athletes. Media attention is now being focused on the new breed of off-field violators, college student-athletes. The highly publicized assault case involving Heisman Trophy candidate Lawrence Philips and the recruiting of a high school basketball star convicted of sexual assault helped highlight the punishment, or benefits, received by perpetrators of violent acts. The criminal propensity surrounding certain student-athletes has been confirmed by some quantitative research. A 1994 study of rape, attempted rape and fondling cases at 30 universities showed that, while athletes made up 3.3 percent of all male students, the athletes carried out 19 percent of the reported violations. A 1990 survey of 13,000 students found that 2.1 percent of male athletes admitted to committing date rape, while only 0.6 percent of non-athletes made the same claim. Criminal activity involving student-athletes is not a new phenomena. During the 1980s, Colorado State had so many criminal acts conducted by its athletes that the campus police used the football program as a mug book for crime victims.
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