Schools for Scandal
eBook - ePub

Schools for Scandal

The Dysfunctional Marriage of Division I Sports and Higher Education

  1. 296 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Schools for Scandal

The Dysfunctional Marriage of Division I Sports and Higher Education

About this book

For well over a century, big-time college sports has functioned as a business enterprise, one that serves to undermine the mission of institutions of higher education.This book chronicles the long and tortured history of the NCAA's attempt to maintain the myth of amateurism and the student-athlete, along with the attendant fiction that the players' academic achievement is the top priority of Division-I athletic programs. It is an indictment of the current system, making the case that big-time college sports cannot continue its connection to universities without undermining the mission of higher education. It concludes with bold proposals to separate big-time college sports from the university, transforming them into on-campus business operations.

 

Information

Publisher
University of Missouri
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9780826275028
Print ISBN
9780826223081
Subtopic
Sociology

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. List of Abbreviations
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter One. The “Accidental Industry”: The NCAA and the Myth of the Amateur Athlete
  11. Chapter Two. The Big Gamble: Peddling College on the Front Porch of D-I Sports
  12. Chapter Three. You Play, We Profit: The Exploitation of College Athletes
  13. Chapter Four. The D-I Rap Sheet: Point Shavers, Sexual Predators, Escorts, and Cheats
  14. Chapter Five. Take the Money and Run: Carpetbagger Coaches and Recruiting Ruses
  15. Chapter Six. Good Ol’ Boys’ Club: The NCAA’s Fight Against Minorities and Women
  16. Chapter Seven. No Contest: Sports Rout Academics
  17. Chapter Eight. Cheating to Make the Grade: Keeping Athletes Eligible
  18. Chapter Nine. Exercises in Futility: Reforming the Unreformable NCAA
  19. Chapter Ten. On Defense: Pom-Pom Presidents, Booster Boards, NCAA Bureaucrats, and the Status Quo
  20. Chapter Eleven. A New Game Plan: Free Market Campus Sports, the American Way
  21. Chapter Twelve. Student-Athletes for Sale: Making Millions on NIL Deals
  22. Afterword
  23. References
  24. Index

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