Intercollegiate Athletics, Inc. - How Big-Time College Sports Cheat Students, Taxpayers, and Academics

Intercollegiate Athletics, Inc. examines the corrupting influence and damaging financial effects of big-time intercollegiate athletics, especially football and to a lesser extent basketball, on American higher education.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. From Brutal Gentlemen Amateurs To "Student-Athletes" On the Payroll: The Development Of Intercollegiate Sports 3. Stopping Football in Its Tracks—Or Getting Run Over 4. Athletic Fees Rout Hapless Students: The College Sports Scandal That Never Makes the Headlines 5. Money Changes Everything 6. Athletics: The Best Boost Academics Ever Had? 7. "A Game for Every Girl And A Girl For Every Game?": A Brief Look At How Women's Sports Lost Their Virtue And Became Carbon Copies Of The Male Game 8. Reform—Or Renewal?

About the author

James T. Bennett is Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy at George Mason University, USA, and a prolific author. His research interests focus on public policy, political economy, and labor economics.

Summary

Intercollegiate Athletics, Inc. examines the corrupting influence and damaging financial effects of big-time intercollegiate athletics, especially football and to a lesser extent basketball, on American higher education.

Product details

• Authors: James Bennett, James (George Mason University Bennett, James T. Bennett, James T. (George Mason University Bennett
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367353872
• ISBN: 978-0-367-35387-2
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system