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Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University : A University President's Perspective.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (358 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780472021918
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Intercollegiate Athletics and the American UniversityDDC classification:
  • 796.04/3/0973
LOC classification:
  • GV351
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Part I. Hail to the Victors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Go Blue -- 3. A University President's Perspective -- Part II. How Do Things Really Work? -- 4. The Evolution of College Sports -- 5. University 101 -- 6. The Governance of Intercollegiate Athletics -- 7. Financing College Athletics -- Part III. Cracks in the Facade -- 8. The Commercialization of College Sports -- 9. The Student-Athlete -- 10. Integrity -- 11. Institutional Control -- Part IV. Tilting at Windmills -- 12. Back to Basics -- 13. Roads to Reform -- 14. Reform or Extinction? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: A former Big Ten university president argues that the increased commercialization of college sports endangers our universities' primary goal.
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Intro -- Contents -- Part I. Hail to the Victors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Go Blue -- 3. A University President's Perspective -- Part II. How Do Things Really Work? -- 4. The Evolution of College Sports -- 5. University 101 -- 6. The Governance of Intercollegiate Athletics -- 7. Financing College Athletics -- Part III. Cracks in the Facade -- 8. The Commercialization of College Sports -- 9. The Student-Athlete -- 10. Integrity -- 11. Institutional Control -- Part IV. Tilting at Windmills -- 12. Back to Basics -- 13. Roads to Reform -- 14. Reform or Extinction? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.

A former Big Ten university president argues that the increased commercialization of college sports endangers our universities' primary goal.

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