One on One: Richard Southall Introduces His College Sport Research Institute

University of Memphis assistant professor Richard Southall on his new veture, the College Sport Research Institute.

Ooh 1007 Ab In last year's State of the Association Address, NCAA President Myles Brand made the following provocative suggestion regarding college sports: " 'Amateur' defines the participants, not the enterprise. We should not be ambivalent about doing the business of college sports. We should do it well, but always in conformity with the principles of higher education." It is at that intersection of education and enterprise that University of Memphis assistant professor Richard Southall sees the most fertile ground for sports research. Southall and several colleagues from the U.S. and abroad have launched the College Sport Research Institute, a networking and data-sharing resource for academics and college athletics administrators alike. The CSRI also sponsors an annual conference (the first of which is scheduled for next April in Memphis), a web site (csri.memphis.edu) and a traditional academic journal titled Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics. Nicholas Brown asked Southall to explain the institute's objectives.

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