Publications

Gurney, Gerald S. “Pickpockets at the Gallows: SMU’s Death Penalty and Today’s Recruiting Meat Market.” Sportico, January 18, 2022. https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2022/smu-death-penalty-echoes-1234658415/.

Gurney, Gerald, Lisa Rubin, Sarah Stokowski, and B. David Ridpath. “The Original Sin of College Sports: College Presidents’ Ineffectual Use of Special Admissions.” Journal of NCAA Compliance, 2020. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=ed_org_ldrshp_pub.

Ridpath, B. David, and Gerald Gurney. “Opinion: After a Decade of Mark Emmert, NCAA Needs New Leadership.” Oklahoman, July 5, 2020. https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/columns/berry-tramel/2020/07/05/gurney-says-mark-emmerts-time-is-passed-as-ncaa-president/60393253007/.

Gurney, Gerald, Ramogi Huma, Ellen Staurowsky, and Mary Willingham. “How Colleges Cheat Student-Athletes.” Senate panel hosted by Senator Chris Murphy. Washington DC, July 25, 2019. https://www.facebook.com/senchrismurphy/videos/480132192387869?s=1027693677&v=e&sfns=mo.

Ridpath, B. David, Gerald Gurney, and Donna Lopiano. “Presidents Choose to Enable Academic Fraud in Athletics.” Journal of NCAA Compliance, July–August 2019, 3–6. https://journalncaacompliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/JONC-July-August-2019.pdf.

Gurney, Gerald S. “How to (Maybe) Reduce Academic Fraud in Athletics.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 28, 2018. https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-to-maybe-reduce-academic-fraud-in-athletics/.

Gurney, Gerald. “Transfer Restrictions on Football and Athlete Freedom.” In College Athletes’ Rights and Well-Being: Critical Perspectives on Policy and Practice, ed. Eddie Comeaux. JHU Press, 2017.

Gurney, Gerald, Woodrow Eckard, and Richard Southall. “The Hoax of NCAA Graduation Rates.” Sports Litigation Alert, 2017. https://sportslitigationalert.com/the-hoax-of-ncaa-graduation-rates/.

Gurney, Gerald, Donna Lopiano, and Andrew Zimbalist. 2017. Unwinding Madness: What Went Wrong with College Sports and How to Fix It. Washington, DC: Brookings Institute, 2017.

Gurney, Gerald, and Donna Lopiano. “The College Sports Wasteland.” Modern Sports Ethics: A Reference Handbook, ed. Angela Lumpkin. 2nd ed. Bloomsbury, 2016.

Sack, Allen, and Gerald Gurney. “Excessive and Exploitive Demands.” Inside Higher Ed, March 22, 2016. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2016/03/22/college-athletes-must-spend-unreasonable-amount-time-their-sports-essay.

Gurney, Gerald S., and B. David Ridpath. “Why the NCAA Continues to Work against Athletes’ Best Interests.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 29, 2016. https://www.chronicle.com/article/why-the-ncaa-continues-to-work-against-athletes-best-interests/.

Gurney, G., E. Lopiano, D. Snyder, M. Willingham, J. Meyer, B. Porto, D. B. Ridpath, A. Sack, and A. Zimbalist. “The Drake Group Education Fund Position Statement: Why the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) and Graduation Success Rate (GSR) Should Be Abandoned and Replaced with More Effective Academic Metrics.” The Drake Group Education Fund. 2015. https://thedrakegroupeducationfund.org/2015/06/07/drake-group-questions-ncaa-academic-metrics/.

Ridpath, B. David, Gerald S. Gurney, and Eric M. Snyder. “NCAA Academic Fraud Cases and Historical Consistency: A Comparative Content Analysis.” Journal of the Legal Aspects of Sport 25, no. 2 (2015): 75–103. https://doi.org/10.1123/jlas.2014-0021.

Ridpath, D. B., B. Porto, G. Gurney, D. Lopiano, A. Sack, M. Willingham, and A. Zimbalist. “The Drake Group Position Statement: Student Fee Allocations to Fund Intercollegiate Athletics.” The Drake Group. March 2, 2015. https://www.thedrakegroupeducationfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/position-statement-student-fees-final-3-2-15.pdf.

Porto, B., G. Gurney, D. Lopiano, D. B. Ridpath, A. Sack, M. Willingham, A. Zimbalist. “The Drake Group Position Statement: Fixing the Dysfunctional NCAA Enforcement System.” The Drake Group. April 7, 2015. https://www.thedrakegroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/tdg-position-fair-ncaa-enforcement.pdf.

Gurney, Gerald. Interview. The Bob Edwards Show. “Dropping the Ball: The Shady Side of Big-Time College Sports.” Sirius XM Satellite Radio, September 22, 2014.

Gurney, Gerald. Interview. Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. Season 20, episode 3, “Gaming the System.” HBO, March 25, 2014.

Gurney, Gerald, and Mary Willingham. 2014. “Academic Fraud, Athletes and Faculty Responsibility.” Inside Higher Ed, July 17, 2014. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2014/07/18/professors-must-take-academic-fraud-among-athletes-more-seriously-essay.

Porto, Brian, Gerald Gurney, Donna A. Lopiano, B. David Ridpath, Allen Sack, Mary Willingham, and Andrew Zimbalist. “The ‘Big Five’ Power Grab: The Real Threat to College Sports.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 19, 2014. https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-big-five-power-grab-the-real-threat-to-college-sports/.

Gurney, Gerald, and Richard M. Southall. “NCAA Reform Gone Wrong.” Inside Higher Ed, February 13, 2013. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/02/14/ncaa-academic-reform-has-hurt-higher-eds-integrity-essay.

Gurney, Gerald S., and Richard M. Southall. 2012. “College Sports’ Bait and Switch.” ESPN, August 9, 2012. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8248046/college-sports-programs-find-multitude-ways-game-ncaa-apr.

Winters, Carla A., and Gerald S. Gurney. “Academic Preparation of Specially-Admitted Student-Athletes: A Question of Basic Skills.” College and University 88, no. 2 (2012): 2–9.

Dennie, Christian S., and Gerald S. Gurney. “It’s Time for the NCAA to Get It Right.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 8, 2012. https://www.chronicle.com/article/its-time-for-the-ncaa-to-get-it-right/.

Gurney, Gerald S. “Stop Lowering the Bar for College Athletes.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 10, 2011. https://www.chronicle.com/article/stop-lowering-the-bar-for-college-athletes/.

Gurney, Gerald S. “Toughen NCAA Standards for Freshmen.” Inside Higher Ed, February 6, 2011. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2011/02/07/toughen-ncaa-standards-freshmen.

Gurney, Gerald S., David Tan, and Carla Winters. “Specially Admitted Student-Athletes: Their Academic Performance, Persistence, and Graduation from an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision University.” International Journal of Sport Management 11, no. 3 (2010): 477–91.

Gurney, Gerald S. “Now We Must Reform Athletics Reform.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 18, 2009. https://www.chronicle.com/article/now-we-must-reform-athletics-reform/.

Gurney, Gerald S., and Jerome C. Weber. “The Coaches’ Graduation Rate: A Catalyst for Academically Responsible Behavior.” College and University 84, no. 2 (2008): 53.

Gurney, Gerald S., and Jerome C. Weber. “A Better Way to Measure Coaches’ Wins and Losses.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 24, 2008. https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-better-way-to-measure-coaches-wins-and-losses/.

Gurney, Gerald S., and Jerome C. Weber. “Rethinking the NCAA’s Academic Reform.” College and University 83, no. 2 (2007): 47.

Gurney, Gerald S., and Jerome C. Weber. “Professors Must Speak Out: Colleges Can No Longer Afford Athletics as Usual.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 5, 2010. https://www.chronicle.com/article/professors-must-speak-out-colleges-can-no-longer-afford-athletics-as-usual/.

Gurney, Gerald S., and Debra L. Stuart. “Effects of Special Admission, Varsity Competition, and Sports on Freshman Student-Athletes’ Academic Performance.” Journal of College Student Personnel, 1987.

Gurney, Gerald S. Editorial. Academic Athletic Journal 1 (spring 1986). https://hdl.handle.net/2097/43172.

Gurney, Gerald S., and Sally P. Johnston. 1986. “Advising the Student-Athlete.” Academic Athletic Journal 1 (spring 1986): 35–38. https://hdl.handle.net/2097/43178.

Mathes, S., and G. Gurney. “Factors in Student Athlete’s Choice of Colleges.” Journal of College Student Personnel 26, no. 4 (July 1985).

Gurney, G., D. Robinson, and L. Fygetakis. “Athletic Academic Counseling within NCAA Institutions: A National Profile of Staff, Training, and Services.” Athletic Administration 17, no. 3 (spring 1983).

Gurney, Gerald, and Daniel Robinson. “The Student Athlete: An Institutional Responsibility—A Model for Academic Athletic Support.” The National Advisor, fall 1981.