Description
Book SynopsisThe Athletic Trap will be of interest to university presidents, board members, and administrators, sport sociologists concerned with the balance of power between academics and athletics, and anyone else with a serious interest in college sports and its future.
Trade ReviewNixon presents a thorough analysis of the development and the current implications of commercialized intercollegiate athletics in the US. His findings reveal the task of reforming intercollegiate athletics to be a daunting and potentially futile endeavor. Choice
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. Commercialization, College Sports, and the Athletic Trap
2. The Intercollegiate Golden Triangle
3. The Business of College Sports
4. The Arms Race, Inequalities, and the Pressures of the College Sports Business
5. Deviance, Corruption, and Scandals in College Sports
6. Control and Reform in Big-Time College Sports
7. Reforming College Sports
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
