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200 10$aAir ball$b[electronic resource] $eAmerican education's failed experiment with elite athletics /$fJohn R. Gerdy
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300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-264) and index.
327   $aAn experiment justified -- Beyond the ivy-covered walls -- Envisioning a different future -- A changed context for reform -- Building critical mass for change -- Rebuild it and they will continue to come -- Articulating and meeting responsibilities -- Courage.
330   $aJohn R. Gerdy has seen nearly every side of athletics. He is the son of a high school football coach; he was an All-American and professional basketball player and a legislative assistant for the National Collegiate Athletic Association; and he served as an associate commissioner for the Southeastern Conference. In Air Ball: American Education's Failed Experiment with Elite Athletics, Gerdy brings all of those perspectives to argue that the American system of school and community athletics is broken. But he is no mere naysayer. He offers a bold, progressive blueprint for reforming athletics to
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