Intercollegiate athletics and the American university : a university president's perspective /

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"At the University of Michigan and elsewhere, big-time college football and basketball have become largely independent, commercial enterprises. Although there is some general consensus that big-time college sports can seriously damage a university and its students, not only because of the occas...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Duderstadt, James J., 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
College sports > Corrupt practices > United States.
College sports > United States > Management.
College sports > Social aspects > United States.
College sports > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Sports universitaires > Pratiques déloyales > États-Unis.
Sports universitaires > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Sports universitaires > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
College sports > Corrupt practices.
College sports > Management.
College sports > Moral and ethical aspects.
College sports > Social aspects.
Hochschulsport
United States.
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Hail to the victors
  • Introduction
  • Go blue
  • A university president's perspective
  • Part II. How do things really work?
  • The evolution of college sports
  • University 101
  • The governance of intercollegiate athletics
  • Financing college athletics
  • Part III. Cracks in the facade
  • The commercialization of college sports
  • The student-athlete
  • Integrity
  • Institutional control
  • Part IV. Tilting at windmills
  • Back to basics
  • Roads to reform
  • Reform or extinction?

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