The "Front Porch" : examining the increasing interconnection of university and athletic department funding / / Jordan R. Bass, Claire C. Schaeperkoetter, Kyle S. Bunds

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816222303321
• Autore: Bass Jordan R.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Periodicals, Inc., , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-119-17452-X; 1-119-17450-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (130 p.)
• Collana: ASHE Higher Education Report ; ; Volume 41, Number 5
• Disciplina: 796.0430973
• Soggetti: College sports - United States - History; College sports - United States - Finance; College sports - Economic aspects - 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 indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 1970's and 1980's; 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&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 AthletesThe 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
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the 5th issue of the 41st volume of the Jossey-Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report. Each monograph is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education issue, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication.