02680oam 22005174a 450 991095508090332120251116225234.00-252-05025-8(CKB)4340000000262058(OCoLC)1030027452(MdBmJHUP)muse65285(MiAaPQ)EBC5330142(Au-PeEL)EBL5330142(CaPaEBR)ebr11534415(EXLCZ)99434000000026205820170814d2018 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCreating the Big Ten Courage, Corruption, and Commercialization /Winton U. Solberg1st ed.Urbana University of Illinois Press[2018]1 online resource0-252-08324-5 0-252-04159-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.College sportsCorrupt practicesUnited StatesCollege sportsUnited StatesFinanceFootballUnited StatesHistoryCollege sportsUnited StatesHistoryCollege sportsCorrupt practicesCollege sportsFinance.FootballHistory.College sportsHistory.796.332/63Solberg Winton U.1922-2019,1857430MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910955080903321Creating the Big Ten4458251UNINA