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Author Barnes, John C., 1958- author.

Title Same players, different game : an examination of the commercial college athletics industry / John C. Barnes
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 229 pages)
Contents Ivory Towers: A Business Model -- An Unstable Marriage: Academics in College Athletics -- Students, Athletes, and Student Athletes -- The Athlete, Not the Enterprise -- The Doomsday Machine -- Television Creates a Monster: NCAA's 1% -- Some Are More Equal
Summary ""[This book] not only covers historical issues and precedents in the crazy world of commercialized college sports in America, but it also includes a focus on the current and relevant issues of intercollegiate athletics literally as they are happening. ... This book eloquently covers the issues outside the fields and courts that will shape intercollegiate athletics far into the future and shows how different it may one day look."--B. David Ridpath, author of Tainted Glory: Marshall University, the NCAA, and One Man's Fight for Justice In this thought-provoking new book, John C. Barnes examines the current state of commercial college athletics as a guide for potential administrators, coaches, regents, and others involved in collegiate athletic operations and decision-making. Each chapter provides an overview of an industry shaped by such current realities as Title IX requirements, commercial investments, student testing, and television contracts. Barnes provides an accessible outline of the historical background and potential future of the commercial college athletics industry from a non-judgmental perspective. Same Players, Different Game not only serves as a text and guide for governance and leadership but also as a primer for the economic and political realities of modern college athletics that students and sports fans will find fascinating"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 21, 2020)
Subject College sports -- Economic aspects -- United States
College sports -- United States.
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration.
College athletes -- United States.
College athletes
College sports
College sports -- Economic aspects
Universities and colleges -- Administration
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019037203
ISBN 0826361307
9780826361301