The Front Porch : AEHE Volume 41, Number 5.

Intro -- The "Front Porch": Examining the Increasing Interconnection of University and Athletic Department Funding -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Why Care Now? -- Is the Current Athletics Funding Model Sustainable? -- Chapter Summaries -- Foreword -- A History of Intercollegiate Athletics and the NCAA -- History of the NCAA -- Systemic Changes in College Athletics in the 1970s and 1980s -- Formation of Three NCAA Divisions -- Title IX -- Television Broadcasting Contracts -- Conclusion -- The NCAA Division I Athletic Funding Crisis -- "You've Got to Keep Up With the Joneses" -- Student Fees, Tuition Reallocation, and Athletic Department Funding -- Pushback Against University Support for Athletics -- Positioning Big-Time Athletics -- Conclusion -- The Role of Athletics in the Corporatized University -- Increased Corporatization in Higher Education -- The Political Economy of "Keeping Up" -- "Keeping Up" in College Athletics -- Texas A&amp -- M: Mechanics of "Keeping Up" -- College Athletics Labor Market -- Who Owns "Johnny Football"? -- Conclusion -- Emerging Debates and the Future of Athletics in Higher Education -- Funding the Arms Race -- O'Bannon et al. v. the NCAA and Power Five Autonomy -- The Unionization of College Athletes -- The Elimination of UAB Football -- Considering Results of New Structures -- Conclusion -- Conclusion and Challenges for Future Research -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- About the Authors -- About the ASHE Higher Education Report Series -- Call for Proposals -- Recent Titles -- Order Form -- Advert -- EULA.

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