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Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com denies reality year-round conditioning drills work harder ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6705 than members of the women’s varsity bowl- PAGE CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5066 There are no better forums for anti- ing team. Nothing against bowling. It’s an or email [email protected] union arguments than The Wall Street NCAA sanctioned sport. The championship 6 Journal’s right-wing editorial pages. was broadcast this weekend on ESPN and EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz [email protected] • (517) 999-5061 It’s where Michigan State University among the contenders was MSU’s Big Ten ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER • Mickey Hirten President Lou Anna Simon and Wake sister school, University of Nebraska. But Eight Lansing-area medical providers received [email protected] • (517) 999-5067 Forest University President Nathan Hatch it’s common sense that some sports are more than $1M each from feds in 2012 MANAGING/NEWS EDITOR • Andy Balaskovitz last week warned of the threat to the more difficult and demanding than others. [email protected] • (517) 999-5064 billion-dollar collegiate athletic enterprise Simon and Hatch continue: PAGE ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Allan I. Ross “by a push from people who believe that “Unionization will create unequal treat- [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 unionization for a few is the best and only ment not only among student-athletes 21 PRODUCTION MANAGER • Rachel Harper way to address the current dynamic of competing in different sports, but, quite [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 college athletics.” possibly, even among student-athletes on CALENDAR EDITOR • Jonathan Griffith Both presidents work closely with the the same team.” Williamston native steps into new role at Peppermint Creek [email protected] • (517) 999-5069 National Collegiate Athletic Association, The inequality Simon warns of is perva- STAFF WRITER • Lawrence Cosentino Simon as chairwoman sive at MSU. The baseball team has players [email protected] • (517) 999-5063 of the NCAA executive with full scholarships, some with partial PAGE MARKETING/PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR • Rich Tupica committee, Hatch as scholarships and others with no scholarships [email protected] • (517) 999-6710 22 ADVERTISING • Jeralyn Garvey chairman of the NCAA at all. Even the football team has players on [email protected] • (517) 999-6704 Division I board. The the roster without scholarships. And there is ADVERTISING • Shelly Olson threat to the NCAA, disparity for the same sports. According to Night of Notables event honors distinctly Michigan voices [email protected] • (517) 999-6705 athletic conferences a Lansing State Journal analysis of MSU’s Contributors: Justin Bilicki, Daniel E. Bollman, like the Big Ten and sports programs, the men’s tennis team Capital News Service, Bill Castanier, Mary C. universities is the union offers 4 1/2 scholarships; the women’s tennis Cusack, Tom Helma, Gabrielle Johnson, Terry COVER Link, Andy McGlashen, Kyle Melinn, Mark Nixon, bid by football players team has eight. For soccer it’s 9.9 scholar- Shawn Parker, Stefanie Pohl, Dennis Preston, Ute from Northwestern ships for the men, 14 for the women. Is this ART Von Der Heyden, Paul Wozniak MICKEY HIRTEN University. The fair? No. But it’s the way the big Division Delivery drivers: Richard Bridenbaker, Dave Fisher, action, approved by 1 collegiate athletics enterprises construct Ron Lupu, Brent Robison, Robert Wiche Interns: Katy Barth, Nicole Halvorsen, Alexandra the National Labor programs to nurture student-athletes and DAVE LIVINGSTON OF PLAIN BROWN WRAPPER by DENNIS PRESTON Harakas, Kyle Koehler, RJ Wolcott Relations Board, but under appeal, chal- comply with Title 9 requirements. lenges the concept of student-athletes and The column continues: “Our concerns Editor7 & Publisherp.m. the sports empires that they support. about this movement extend beyond the CITY PULSE Berl on the THIS WEEK Wednesdays “We oppose the effort to bring labor economic and practical difficulties cre- Schwartz unions into college sports. One group of ated by transforming the college-sports Sam Porter, Microbrew and Music Festival founder AIR Mike Lasher, New Belgium Brewing Co. athletes is not more hardworking, more relationship into one of employer- Frank Ravitch, Walter H. Stowers Chair in Law and Religion, MSU dedicated or more driven than another. employee. To call student-athletes Gilda Jacobs, president and CEO, Michigan League for Public Policy Unionization will create unequal treatment employees is an affront to those players Jarrett Skorup, research associate, Mackinac Center for Public Policy not only among student-athletes competing who are taking full advantage of the in different sports, but, quite possibly, even opportunity to get an education.” among student-athletes on the same team,” Certainly there are economic and prac- Simon wrote in the column appearing on tical difficulties redefining the relationship the Journal’s digital site. She declined a between athletes and their schools, but request for an interview. MSU already employs hundreds, maybe This is an odd argument. One would thousands, of students. They work in din- think Simon and Hatch would have a better ing halls, offices and even in the athletic sense of how athletetic programs at their department. How many athletes would schools operate. be affronted by the school providing some Consider the first assertion: “One measure of compensation, especially since most get no aid at all? The Wall Street Journal column con- tinues with a defense of the NCAA, a non-profit organization in name only. It had revenues of $841 million versus $791 million in expenses for the year ended Aug. 31, 2012. Technically it doesn’t earn a profit, but, of course, it did — $50 mil- See Hirten, Page 5 CORRECTION Due to a reporting error, the location of the April 5 Beerfest in the Ballpark was inaccurately attributed. It was held at Cooley Law School Stadium. Also due to a reporting error, the event took place in the stadium’s courtyard and its con- course, not on the field, as was reported.