The athletic trap : how college sports corrupted the academy / / Howard L. Nixon II

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827178103321
• Autore: Nixon Howard L. <1944->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-4214-1196-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 796.043
• Soggetti: College sports - Corrupt practices - United States; Universities and colleges - Corrupt practices - 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: Commercialization, college sports, and the athletic trap -- The intercollegiate golden triangle -- The business of college sports -- The arms race, inequalities, and the pressures of the college sports business -- Deviance, corruption, and scandals in college sports -- Control and reform in big-time college sports -- Reforming college sports.