Intercollegiate athletics, Inc. how big-time college sports cheat students, taxpayers, and academics / James T. Bennett.
| Author/creator | Bennett, James T. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- From brutal gentlemen amateurs to "student-athletes" on the payroll: The development of intercollegiate sports -- Stopping football in its tracks-or getting run over -- Athletic fees rout hapless students: the college sports scandal that never makes the headlines -- Money changes everything -- The best boost academics ever had? -- "A game for every girl and a girl for every game?" : a brief look at how women's sports lost their virtue and became carbon copies of the male game -- Reform-or renewal? |
| Abstract | "Intercollegiate Athletics, Inc. examines the corrupting influence and damaging financial effects of big-time intercollegiate athletics, especially football and to a lesser extent basketball, on American higher education. Students, scholars, sports fans, and those interested in learning how big-time football and basketball have cast such an enormous-and often baleful-shadow upon American colleges and universities will profit from this provocative and engagingly written book"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Site, viewed 01/25/2021). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Bennett, James T.. Intercollegiate athletics, Inc. London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. 9780367353872 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019032141 |
| ISBN | 9780429331138 (ebk) |
| ISBN | (hbk) |
| ISBN | (pbk) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |