Allen Sack


Faculty Member

Allen Sack

Title: Director, Institute for Sports Management 
College: College of Business
Dept: Sports Management/Hospitality and Tourism Management
Phone:203.932.7090
Email: asack@newhaven.edu

Education

Pennsylvania State University                            Ph.D. Sociology 1974
Pennsylvania State University                            M.A. Sociology 1970
Notre Dame University                                        B.A. Sociology 1967

Scholarly Publications

  • Sack, A.L.  Counterfeit Amateurs: An Athlete's Journey Through the Sixties to the Age of Academic Capitalism (University Park, PA: Penn State Press (2008) 
  • Sack, A.L. and E. J. Staurowsky. College Athletes for Hire: The Evolution and Legacy of the NCAA's Amateur Myth (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1998).
  • Sack, A.L. Singh, P., and Tony DiPaolo. "Spectator Motives for Attending Professional Tennis Events: Linking Marketing and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory." International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, (forthcoming).
  • Sack, A.L., Singh, P., and R. Thiel "Occupational Segregation on the Playing Field: The Case of Major League Baseball." Journal of Sport Management, 19(3), 2005.
  • Sack, A.L.  "The Amateur vs. Professional Debate in Collegiate Athletics,"Encyclopedia of World Sport (Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing Group, June 1, 2005).
  • Staurowsky, E., and A.L.Sack, "Reconsidering the Use of the Term ‘Student Athlete': Should Scholars Abandon It?"  Journal of Sport Management, 19(2), 2005.
  • Singh, P., Sack, A.L., and R. Dick, "Free Agency and Pay Discrimination in Major League Baseball."  Sociology of Sport Journal, 20(3), 2003.
  • Dick, R. and A. L. Sack, "NBA Marketing Directors Perceptions of Effective Marketing Strategies: A longitudinal Study,"  International Sports Journal. Winter, 2002.
  • Sack, A.L.  and A. Nadim, "Strategic Choices in a Turbulent Environment: A Case Study of Starter Corporation," Journal of Sport Management, 16(1), 2002.
  • Sack, A.L. and G. Fried, "Pitching Women's Tennis to Corporate Sponsors: A Case study of Pilot Pen Tennis," Sport Marketing Quarterly, 10(2), 2001.
  • Sack, A. L. and J. Suster, "Soccer and Croatian Nationalism: A Prelude to War," Journal of Sport and Social Issues, Spring, 2000.
  • Sack, A. L. "A Rejoinder to Timothy Davis, Collegiate Sport in the Next Millennium," Marquette Sports Law Journal, Fall, 1999.
  • Sack, A. L. and A. Johnson. "Politics, Economic Development, and the Volvo International Tennis Tournament," Journal of Sport Management, January, 1996.
  • Johnson, A. and A. L. Sack, "Assessing the Value of Sports Facilities: The Importance of Noneconomic Factors," Economic Development Ouarterly, 10,4 1996.
  • Sack, A. L. "An Assessment of Restructuring Efforts Within the NCAA," Journal of College and University Law, Summer, 1995.
  • Sack, A. L. "Getting Out From Under the Table," in Andrew Yiannakis et. al. (Eds.) Sport Sociology Contemporary Themes (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendal Hunt, 1993).
  • Sack, A. L. "The Underground Economy of College Football," Sociology of Sport Journal, 8:1 (1991). Reprinted in Andrew Yiannakis et. al. (Eds.) Sport Sociology: Contemporary Themes (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendal Hunt, 1993).
  • Sack, A. L. "Contributions of Sport Sociology to Sport Management," in Andrew Yiannakis (Ed.) Applied Sociology of Sport (Champaign, IL.: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc., 1991).
  • Sack, A.L. "Are Improper Benefits Really Improper? A study of College Athletes' Views Concerning Amateurism," Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 12:1(1988). Reprinted in Jon Slaughter and Richard Lapchick (Eds.) Ethics in College Sport (New York: ACE/Macmillan, 1989).
  • Sack, A.L. "College Sport and the Student-Athlete, The Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 11:1(1988).
  • Sack, A.L. "Jan Kemp Wins One for Academic Integrity," Journal of Sport and Social Issues 10:1(1986).
  • Sack, A.L. "Workers' Compensation for College Athletes," Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 9:1 (1985).
  • Sack, A.L. and R. Thiel. "College Basketball and Role Conflict: A National Survey," Sociology of Sport Journal, 2:3 (1985).
  • Sack, A.L. and B. Kidd. "The Amateur Athlete as Employee," in James Frey and Art Johnson (Eds.) Government and Sport: Public Policy Issues (Totowa, NJ:Rowman and Allanheld, 1985).
  • Sack, A.L. "The Amateur Myth: The Rights and Responsibilities of College Athletes," in Wiley Lee Umphlett (Ed.) American Sport Culture: The Humanistic Dimension (Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 1985).
  • Sack, A.L. and C. Watkins. "Winning and Giving," in Donald Chu et. al. (Eds.)
    Sport and Higher Education (Champaign, it.: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.,1985).
  • Sack, A.L. Proposition 48: Masterpiece in Public Relations," Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 8:1 (1984).
  • Sack, A.L. "Cui Bono? Contradictions in College Sports and Athletes' Rights," in James Frey (Ed.) The Governance of Intercollegiate Athletics (New York:Leisure Press, 1983).
  • Sack, A.L. and R. Thiel. "College Football and Social Mobility," Sociology of Education, January, 1979. Reprinted in "George Sage (Ed.) Sport in American Society, Third Edition (Reading, MA: Adison Wesley, 1980).
  • Sack, A.L. "Big-time College Football: Whose Free Ride?" Quest, Winter, 1977.
    Reprinted in Andrew Yiannakis (Ed.) Sport Sociology: Contemporary Themes
    (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendel Hunt Publishing Company, 1979).
  • Sack, A.L. "Sport: Work or Play in Phillip Stevens (Ed.) Studies in the Anthropology of Play: Essays in Memory of Allen Tindal (New York: Leisure Press, 1977).
  • Sack, A.L. and David L. Westby. "The Commercialization and Functional Rationalization of College Football," Journal of Higher Education, November-December 1976.
  • Sack, A.L. "Yale 29 - Harvard 4: The Professionalization of College Football, Quest, Jan. 1973.                                                                                                                       Guest Columns and Magazine Articles
  • Sack, A.L.  "Taking to the Streets at the Final Four," New York Daily News, March 20, 2008. 
  • Sack, A.L.  "Should College Athletes be Paid?," Christian Science Monitor, March 7, 2008.
  • Sack, A.L.  "A Crossroads for the Fighting Irish (and Their Peers)," Inisde Higher Education, January 4, 2008. 
  • Sack, A.L.  "Dropping the Ball: Tax-Exempt NCAA Under Fire as Colleges Perform End Run Around Academic Rules,"  The Hartford Courant, April 12, 2007.
  • Sack, A.L.  "Assertive Faculty Will Aid Academic Reform," NCAA News, May 24, 2004.

  • Sack, A.L. "NCAA Irrevocably Abandoned Amateur Principles Long Ago,"
    Indianapolis Star, June 10, 2003.

  • Sack, A.L. "College Sport and the Myth of Amateurism," Christian Science Moniter, March 17, 2003.

  • Sack, A.L.  "America's Best Cartel Ripe for Legal Challenge," Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal, March 3-9, 2003.

  • Sack, A.L. "NCAA policy invites players to unionize," Street & Smith's Sport Business Journal, April 19-21, 2002.

  • Sack, A.L. "Big-Time Athletics vs. Academic Values: It's a Rout," Chronicle of Higher Education, January, 2001.

  • Sack, A.L "Getting Up Close and Personal With Under-the-Table Payments," New York Times, March 11, 2000.

  • Sack, A.L. "Athletes Being Held Hostage in Mega-Bucks Deal," Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal,  January 10-16, 2000.

  • Sack, A. L. "Proposition 16: Nothing But Public Relations," Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal, May 17-23, 1999.

  • Sack, A.L. "The NCAA's ‘Amateur Myth' an Impeachable Offense?" Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal, February 8, 1999.

  • Sack, A.L. "A New Plan for Reform in College Athletics," New York Times, December 20, 1999.

  • Sack, A.L. "Game Gets His Irish Up," The New York Daily News, September, 6, 1998.

  • Sack, A. L. "Separating the Amateurs From the Pros," The Hartford Courant, October 311, 1997.

  • Sack, A. L. "Workers Compensation," Notre Dame Magazine, Spring, 1993.

  • Sack, A.L. "Random Tests Abuse Dignity," New York Times, May 29, 1988.

  • Sack, A.L. "Looking Behind the Proposition 48 Image," New York Times, Nov. 9, 1986.

  • Sack, A.L. "The College Game Sure Has Changed," Sporting News, August 27, 1984.

  • Sack, A.L. "Professional Teams in Universities Won't Solve the Crisis in College Sports," Chronicle of Higher Education, October 6, 1982.

  • Sack, A.L. "College Sport Must Choose: Amateur or Pro?" New York Times, May3, 1981.

  • Sack, A.L. "Players are Ignored in Big Money Deals: College Athletes Must Organize," New York Times, September 27, 1981.

  • Sack, A.L. "When Yale Spirit Vanquished Harvard Indifference," The Harvard Magazine, November, 1975.

Courses Taught (related to area of specialization)

Undergraduate:  
MG210 Management and Organizations
SO390 Sociology of Organizations
MG230 Management of Sports Industries
            Labor Relations and Sport
SO313 Sociology of Sport
MG235 Sport Marketing and Public Relations
            Ethics in Sport
            Research Methods
HU300 The Nature of Science

Graduate:
MG662 Organizational Theory
MG637 The Management Process
MG610 The Sport Industry
            Sociology of Leisure
MG690 Research Project
MG618 College Sport Administration

Other

Editorial Board        Journal of Sport Management

Editorial Board        Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Sports 

Executive Board      College Sport Research Institute, University of Memphis

Founding Member   The Drake Group 

   
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