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The themes of many of these debates focus on racial and socioeconomic biases and recruiting practices.","This study takes a different direction and is intended to investigate and describe the impact of Proposition 48 as it applies to individual student-athletes. Specifically, this study focuses on how Proposition 48 has impacted the athletic careers, academic aspirations, and social/personal lives of student-athletes restricted by Proposition 48. This study includes separate case studies focusing on four student-athletes who are victims of Proposition 48. With data collected from interviews with the student-athletes, their coaches, their instructors, their teammates, and their academic advisors, the results of this study describe the deeper and more personal consequences of Proposition 48.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T13:19:25Z (GMT). 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