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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454909303321

Autore

Duderstadt James J. <1942->

Titolo

Intercollegiate athletics and the American university [[electronic resource] ] : a university president's perspective / / James J. Duderstadt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2003

ISBN

1-282-42328-2

9786612423284

0-472-02191-5

Edizione

[1st pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Disciplina

796.04/3/0973

Soggetti

College sports - Corrupt practices - United States

College sports - Moral and ethical aspects - United States

College sports - Social aspects - United States

College sports - United States - Management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-333) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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