At the end of class last thursday, we were presented with three questions by Carpenter about the DGWS philosophy. To answer the first question Carpenter asked, if schools were in compliance with the DGWS philosophy, then men's minor sports wouldn't be sacrificed to the "premier" sports on campus. Being in compliance with the DGWS philosophy would mean that all the sports on campus are equal and favoritism would not be a factor (Carpenter, 2005). At BGSU, this would change the marketing done for each individual sport. Its fair to say that the men's football team is marketed more heavily than the men's golf team. For our university to be in compliance with Carpenter's DGWS philosophy, the marketing for every sports team would have to change to be equal. Instead of having a commercial with solely the football team, create one with a member from each sport to emphasize the BGSU athletic program as a whole.
Even if the DGWS philosophy was followed, we believe there would still be NCAA infractions in regards to financial aid. Since the financial aid would be even throughout a university's athletic program, athletes would have less financial aid and be more willing to accept benefits that would go against the NCAA code.
Every high school player that could have a potential professional career makes the decision to go to college or not and we believe that even more talented basketball and football players would forego college. We believe if this DGWS policy was standard, more athletes would take the path that Milwaukee Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings took to the NBA. Brandon Jennings was a McDonalds All-American and has scholarship offers from all of the top basketball programs. Instead of going to college, Jennings went to Europe and played professionally for a year and then entered the NBA draft. This path would be replicated by a lot more of high school prospects and would limit the talent level that the NCAA basketball program would have.
By: Ollie Goss, Kevin Meyers, Josiah Blevins, Mason, Marlin Pickens
It is interesting to speculate about what might have happened if we had stayed under the governance of the DGWS principles instead of the NCAA. I like the idea of having commercials that include one "member from each sport to emphasize the BGSU athletic program as a whole." I think Joey mentioned that that is the philosophy of BGSU Athletics - i.e., 18 sports, 1 team!
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