Confessions of a spoilsport : my life and hard times fighting sports corruption at an old eastern university /

Confessions of a spoilsport : my life and hard times fighting sports corruption at an old eastern university /

The author recounts his failed efforts, along with other professors, students and alumni, to get Rutgers University out of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A during the mid-1990s, maintaining the colleges today sacrifice academics in order to build nationally competitive athle...

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Glavni autor: Dowling, William C.
Format: Knjiga
Jezik:English
Izdano: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2007.
Teme:
Rutgers University.
National Collegiate Athletic Association.
College sports > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
College sports > Economic aspects > United States.
College sports > Economic aspects.
College sports > Moral and ethical aspects.
United States.
Sadržaj:
  • Lost in loboland
  • The birth of Rutgers 1000
  • The Friedman statement
  • Warriors on the Web
  • The Coca-Cola university
  • Sportswriters in wonderland
  • Sympathy for the devil
  • "I am an alumni!"
  • The hour of victory
  • Requiem for Rutgers 1000
  • Epilogue : a view from the banks.

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