Introduction The purpose of this study is to understand whether or not athletes are treated more or less leniently than non-athletes by police on college campuses. Law enforcement in general has been a hot topic across communities in America; more specifically it has sprung up in the sports world as well. From the professional world of sports down through the collegiate level, court cases, suspensions, and expulsions have been flooding the news. This brings up an important question on whether or not athletes are being treated more or less leniently than non-athletes. Studies have looked at athlete to student treatment and athlete to teacher treatment, but not police to athlete treatment. This is an important aspect considering the bright
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They took a sample of 538 collegiate athletes and surveyed each athlete asking an assortment of questions focused on the positive and negative treatment by professors and non-athletes. In conclusion of the study, researchers found that non-athlete and faculty perceptions of athletes were negative. Faculty and non-athletes had negative attitudes towards intercollegiate athletes concerning their academic ability and motivation consistent with the dumb jock stereotype. The master status of an athlete explains where these perceptions are coming from and how other people perceive athletes. The perception is that in order to remain eligible and participate in sports, athletes put in minimum effort, do little to no academic work, take easy classes, and have other do their work for them. Many people also have the perception that athletes are believed to receive undeserved benefits that are not available to other students. “The culture of athletic entitlement is found on nearly every college campus in America. Athletes are receiving all kinds of perks from the Universities they attend, from other students, and from boosters. A lot of that is legitimate (i.e., academic support, free workout clothes, students cheering their team’s stars). The end result, however, is a culture in which athletes get away with a lot of stuff that other students …show more content…
They suggested that sports figures fare better at trial than defendants from the general population. Of those 168 allegations, only 22 saw their cases go to trial, and only six cases resulted in convictions. In 46 other cases, a plea agreement was reached. Combined with the six athletes convicted at trial and one who pleaded guilty as charged, that gives the athletes a 32% total conviction rate in the resolved cases. That means more than two-thirds were never charged saw the charges dropped, or were acquitted. National statistics also suggest most ordinary defendants charged with sexual assault are punished. In May 1998 the U.S. Department of Justice tracked rape charges in the nation's 75 largest counties and found 52% of the defendants in 586 cases were convicted of rape and 14% were convicted of some other crime, either at trial or through pleas. This conclusion does raise a question on whether athletes celebrity status are affecting their outcome, or whether their status is causing them to be targets of false
They took a sample of 538 collegiate athletes and surveyed each athlete asking an assortment of questions focused on the positive and negative treatment by professors and non-athletes. In conclusion of the study, researchers found that non-athlete and faculty perceptions of athletes were negative. Faculty and non-athletes had negative attitudes towards intercollegiate athletes concerning their academic ability and motivation consistent with the dumb jock stereotype. The master status of an athlete explains where these perceptions are coming from and how other people perceive athletes. The perception is that in order to remain eligible and participate in sports, athletes put in minimum effort, do little to no academic work, take easy classes, and have other do their work for them. Many people also have the perception that athletes are believed to receive undeserved benefits that are not available to other students. “The culture of athletic entitlement is found on nearly every college campus in America. Athletes are receiving all kinds of perks from the Universities they attend, from other students, and from boosters. A lot of that is legitimate (i.e., academic support, free workout clothes, students cheering their team’s stars). The end result, however, is a culture in which athletes get away with a lot of stuff that other students …show more content…
They suggested that sports figures fare better at trial than defendants from the general population. Of those 168 allegations, only 22 saw their cases go to trial, and only six cases resulted in convictions. In 46 other cases, a plea agreement was reached. Combined with the six athletes convicted at trial and one who pleaded guilty as charged, that gives the athletes a 32% total conviction rate in the resolved cases. That means more than two-thirds were never charged saw the charges dropped, or were acquitted. National statistics also suggest most ordinary defendants charged with sexual assault are punished. In May 1998 the U.S. Department of Justice tracked rape charges in the nation's 75 largest counties and found 52% of the defendants in 586 cases were convicted of rape and 14% were convicted of some other crime, either at trial or through pleas. This conclusion does raise a question on whether athletes celebrity status are affecting their outcome, or whether their status is causing them to be targets of false