Collection:LPB

Genre: Panel

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2014-09-24

Duration: 00:57:35

Subjects: Filmed panel discussions | College athletes | College sports | HIGHER EDUCATION | Business | Cador, Roger | Alleva, Joe

Contributors:

• Redman, Carl Host
• Gautreaux, Kevin Producer
• Scott, Loren Interviewee
• Broussard, William Interviewee
• Keene, Kathy Interviewee
• Feldman, Gabe Interviewee
• Temple, Collis, III Interviewee
• Brandon, Cheryl Speaker
• Lindsey, Word Speaker
• Berry, Shelton Speaker
• Landry, Don Speaker
• Livingston, Drew Speaker
• McLarty, Stoney Speaker
• Moore, Tommy Speaker
• Phinney, Sayre Speaker
• Thomas, Kristal Speaker
• Crafton, Caitlin Speaker
• Farris, William C., Jr. Speaker
• Lewis, Gabrielle Speaker
• Sartain, Katherine Speaker
• Benson, Karl Panelist
• Alleva, Joe Panelist
• Cador, Roger Panelist
• Feldman, Gabe Panelist

This episode of the series “Louisiana Public Square” from September 24, 2014, features Carl Redman leading a discussion between the audience members and panelists on the business of college sports. A background report on the topic precedes the discussion. The audience members discuss: whether colleges should pay athletes; how the colleges and universities would fund paying athletes; and the practice of bigger colleges paying large amounts of money to smaller colleges to play non-conference football games. A panel of experts then joins the audience to answer their questions. The panelists are: Karl Benson, the commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference; Joe Alleva, the athletic director at Louisiana State University (LSU); Roger Cador, the baseball coach at Southern University; and Gabe Feldman, the director of the Sports Law Program at Tulane University. They discuss: their view on the growing commercialization of college sports; whether schools should pay cost of attendance stipends to student-athletes; a potential payment system for student-athletes; the multiple lawsuits against the NCAA; the mission of college athletic programs; the high cost of coaches’ salaries; the academic support system already in place for student-athletes; and the saturation point for the growth of college sports as a business.