Intercollegiate Athletics—Past, Present, and Future

Authors

• Eddie Comeaux, Center for Athletes’ Rights and Equity
• Sarah K. Fields, University of Colorado Denver
• Madison Gordon, Penn State University
• Kurt Kemper, Dakota State University
• Jeffrey Kessler, Winston & Strawn
• Ronald A. Smith, Penn State University
• Erianne Weight, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Andrew Zimbalist, Smith CollegeFollow
• Daniel A. Nathan, Skidmore College

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-2026

Publication Title

Journal of Sport History

Abstract

On October 17, 2025, the Journal of Sport History hosted a lively roundtable about intercollegiate athletics, its past, present, and future. It featured a wide range of participants: historians, of course, but also scholars from other disciplines, such as economics and sport management, as well as a recent elite college athlete and a distinguished attorney.

The conversation was held on Zoom and has been edited for length and clarity.

Volume

53

Issue

3

First Page

77

Last Page

106

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Rights

Licensed to Smith College and distributed CC-BY 4.0 under the Smith College Faculty Open Access Policy.

Version

Author's Accepted Manuscript

Recommended Citation

Comeaux, Eddie; Fields, Sarah K.; Gordon, Madison; Kemper, Kurt; Kessler, Jeffrey; Smith, Ronald A.; Weight, Erianne; Zimbalist, Andrew; and Nathan, Daniel A., "Intercollegiate Athletics—Past, Present, and Future" (2026). Economics: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/eco_facpubs/123