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Air ball : American education's failed experiment with elite athletics /
John 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 Southeaster...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
2006.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | John 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 270 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-264) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429460613 142946061X 1604730749 9781604730746 9781578068388 157806838X 1282917250 9781282917255 |