James Bennett

Intercollegiate Athletics, Inc.

How Big-Time College Sports Cheat Students, Taxpayers, and Academics

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780367353872
• ISBN-10: 0367353873
• Artikelnr.: 58382003

Autorenporträt

James T. Bennett is Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy at George Mason University, USA, and a prolific author. His research interests focus on public policy, political economy, and labor economics.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. From Brutal Gentlemen Amateurs To "Student-Athletes" On
the Payroll: The Development Of Intercollegiate Sports 3. Stopping Football
in Its Tracks-Or Getting Run Over 4. Athletic Fees Rout Hapless Students:
The College Sports Scandal That Never Makes the Headlines 5. Money Changes
Everything 6. Athletics: The Best Boost Academics Ever Had? 7. "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 8. Reform-Or
Renewal?