Sports Crazy : How Sports Are Sabotaging American Schools /

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"Sports Crazy exposes the excesses of middle and high school sports and the detrimental effects our sports obsession has on American education. Institutions are increasingly emulating college and professional sports models and losing sight of a host of educational and health goals. Steven J. Ov...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Overman, Steven J. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
School sports > Social aspects.
School sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Sociology of Sports.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
Sports scolaires > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Sports scolaires > États-Unis > Histoire.
School sports > Social aspects > United States.
School sports > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Interscholastic sports in context
  • Understanding school sports: looking back, exploring abroad
  • The problems with governance, funding, and professional coaches
  • How parents, boosters, and sports fans drive the agenda
  • Sports culture rules in the American high school
  • The troubled relationship between interscholastic sports and academics
  • Physical fitness-or not?-of the student-athlete
  • Character versus bad behavior
  • The corrupting influence of outside interests
  • The case against tackle football
  • The tail that wags the dog.

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