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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797710903321

Autore

Chudacoff Howard P.

Titolo

Changing the playbook / / Howard P. Chudacoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-252-09788-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 198 pages)

Collana

Sport and Society

Classificazione

SPO019000EDU015000

Disciplina

796.04/3

Soggetti

College sports - United States

College sports - Social aspects

College sports - Moral and ethical aspects

College sports - Economic aspects

College athletes - United States

Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Abolishing the Sanity Code and launching the modern college sports establishment -- Integrating the team -- Television and college sports as mass entertainment -- "Earthquake": Board of Regents v. NCAA -- The Civil Rights Restoration Act and enforcement of Title IX -- Scandal, reorganization, and the devolution of the student athlete -- The M connection: media and money -- What's to become of college sports?

Sommario/riassunto

"One of the great attractions of American sports is the speed with which they move. Another is that every championship season will hold their banners and trophies in places of honor. And still another is that every bad season comes to an end and hope springs eternal that next year will be splendid. Amid all the swiftly changing seasons of sports, and amid the moments that are remembered, even savored, there have been events and decisions that have proved to be turning points. Focusing on the period after 1950, Howard Chudacoff identifies seven such turning points. They are: (1)The emerging role of the NCAA in organizing sports, establishing rules, and enforcing them; (2)The integration of colleges and universities; (3)Contracts offered for college football for the new technology, TV; (4)The Supreme Court decision of



1984 that settled who could control TV revenue; (5)The passage of Title IX in 1972, requiring colleges and universities to expand women's varsity athletics; (6)The widespread scandals involving cheating in games, eligibility, and recruitment; and (7)Payment to players. Chudacoff provides the histories of each, all of which were controversial. Some still are"--