LEADER 03248nam 22006612 450 001 9910966263403321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-107-22098-X 010 $a1-139-06380-4 010 $a1-283-11271-X 010 $a1-139-07618-3 010 $a9786613112712 010 $a1-139-08301-5 010 $a1-139-07847-X 010 $a1-139-08074-1 010 $a0-511-97690-9 010 $a1-139-07046-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000083802 035 $a(EBL)691955 035 $a(OCoLC)726734805 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000521165 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11355398 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521165 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10517381 035 $a(PQKB)11457282 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511976902 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC691955 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL691955 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10470739 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL311271 035 $a(OCoLC)727944847 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000083802 100 $a20101012d2011|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBig-time sports in American universities /$fCharles T. Clotfelter 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 313 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 08$a1-107-00434-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCommercial sports as a university function. Strange bedfellows -- Priorities -- The bigness of "big time" -- The uses of big-time college sports. Consumer good, mass obsession -- Commercial enterprise -- Institution builder -- Beacon for campus culture -- Reckoning. Ends and means -- Prospects for reform. 330 $aFor almost a century, big-time college sport has been a wildly popular but consistently problematic part of American higher education. The challenges it poses to traditional academic values have been recognized from the start, but they have grown more ominous in recent decades, as cable television has become ubiquitous, commercial opportunities have proliferated and athletic budgets have ballooned. Drawing on new research findings, this book takes a fresh look at the role of commercial sports in American universities. It shows that, rather than being the inconsequential student activity that universities often imply that it is, big-time sport has become a core function of the universities that engage in it. For this reason, the book takes this function seriously and presents evidence necessary for a constructive perspective about its value. Although big-time sport surely creates worrying conflicts in values, it also brings with it some surprising positive consequences. 606 $aCollege sports$zUnited States 615 0$aCollege sports 676 $a796.04/30973 686 $aBUS069000$2bisacsh 700 $aClotfelter$b Charles T.$0140636 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966263403321 996 $aBig-time sports in American universities$94426434 997 $aUNINA