Counterfeit Amateurs An Athlete's Journey Through the Sixties to the Age of Academic Capitalism

Name: Counterfeit Amateurs An Athlete's Journey Through the Sixties to the Age of Academic Capitalism
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ISBN: 9780271054094

ISBN-10: 0271054093

ISBN-13: 9780271054094

Edition: 2012

Authors: Allen L. Sack, Ara Parseghian

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With a Foreword by Ara ParseghianThe debate over big-time college sports, never far from the front pages, has once again moved from simmering to hot. Congress has been investigating the tax-exempt status of the NCAA in part because of questions about how commercialized college sports contribute to educational values. Athletes are challenging the NCAA on antitrust grounds to get a bigger share of the revenue. Against this backdrop, more faculty are beginning to be concerned about what is happening at their own universities and to the educational system as a whole as rampant commercialism further invades campus life through big-time sports.A leader among faculty fighting back has been Allen…

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List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 4/6/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments



College Football in the Sixties



Playing Football in Ara's Era



Scholastic Sports as a Pipeline to the Pros



The Game of the Century



Linking Sports and Politics



Politics, Protest, and the Athletic Revolution



Laying the Groundwork for Professional College Sports



Taking a Stand at Fort Apache



Shouting from the Ivory Tower



Building an Industry on Athletes' Backs



Fighting for Market Share in the 1990s



Inside the Billion-Dollar Beast



College Sports in the Age of Academic Capitalism


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