Same Players, Different Game: An Examination of the Commercial College Athletics Industry

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Synopsis
2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist for Adventure, Sports & RecreationIn this thought-provoking new book, John C. Barnes examines the contemporary state of commercial college athletics as a guide for current and potential administrators, coaches, regents, and others involved in collegiate athletic operations and decision-making. Each chapter provides an overview of an industry shaped by such current realities as Title IX requirements, commercial investments, student testing, and television contracts. Barnes provides an accessible outline of the historical background and potential future of the commercial college athletics industry from a nonjudgmental perspective. Same Players, Different Game not only serves as a text and guide for governance and leadership but also as a primer for the economic and political realities of modern college athletics that students and sports fans will find fascinating.
Copyright:
2020

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
248 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780826368003
Related ISBNs:
9780826361295
Publisher:
University of New Mexico Press
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Copyrighted By:
the University of New Mexico Press
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Sports, Business and Finance, Education
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Bookshare Staff
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