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Book SynopsisIn this thought-provoking new book, John Barnes examines the contemporary state of commercial college athletics as a guide for current and potential administrators, coaches, regents, and others involved in collegiate athletic operations and decision-making.
Trade Review[This book] not only covers historical issues and precedents in the crazy world of commercialized college sports in America, but it also includes a focus on the current and relevant issues of intercollegiate athletics literally as they are happening. . . . This book eloquently covers the issues outside the fields and courts that will shape intercollegiate athletics far into the future and shows how different it may one day look."--B. David Ridpath, author of
Tainted Glory: Marshall University, the NCAA, and One Man's Fight for JusticeTable of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One. Ivory Towers: A Business Model
- Chapter Two. An Unstable Marriage: Academics in College Athletics
- Chapter Three. Students, Athletes, and Student Athletes
- Chapter Four. The Athlete, Not the Enterprise
- Chapter Five. The Doomsday Machine
- Chapter Six. Television Creates a Monster: NCAA's 1%
- Chapter Seven. Some Are More Equal
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- Afterword
- References
- Index
