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UNINA9910955080903321 |
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Autore |
Solberg Winton U. <1922-2019, > |
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Titolo |
Creating the Big Ten : Courage, Corruption, and Commercialization / / Winton U. Solberg |
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Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, [2018] |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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College sports - Corrupt practices - United States |
College sports - United States - Finance |
Football - United States - History |
College sports - United States - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Part One: From Disorder to Order -- 1 The Beginning of the Big Ten -- 2 Michigan Withdraws from the Conference -- 3 The Crisis over Amateurism -- 4 The Conference and the War -- Part Two: From Order to Disorder -- 5 The Big Ten in the Golden Age of Sports -- 6 The Commissioner and the Conference -- 7 The Big Ten Stadiums -- 8 Red Grange and the Lure of Professional Football -- 9 The Conference at Work -- 10 The True Spirit of the University -- 11 The Carnegie Report -- 12 The Big Ten Censures Iowa -- 13 Cross Currents -- 14 Closing Out Half a Century -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Conference Rules -- Appendix 2: Faculty Representatives -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Big Ten football fans pack gridiron cathedrals that hold up to 100,000 spectators.The conference's fourteen member schools share a broadcast network and a 2016 media deal worth 2.64 billion.This cultural and financial colossus grew out of a modest 1895 meeting that focused on football's brutality and encroaching professionalism in the game. |
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