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Author Gaul, Gilbert M.

Title Billion-dollar ball : a journey through the big-money culture of college football / Gilbert M. Gaul.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2015.

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  796.043 GAUL    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  796.332 GAU    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  796 GAU    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  796.332 GAU    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  796.332 GAU    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  796.332 G23    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  796.332 GAUL    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  796.332 GAU    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  796.3326 GAUL    Check Shelf
Description xix, 249 pages ; 24 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents The Gilded Age Of College Football -- The Unlikely Charity Known As College Football -- Return On Investment: The Art Of Paying A Coach $23 Million Not To Coach -- Walking With Mr. Baldwin: In The Land Of Accidental Students -- Why The South Lost The War But Wins At Football -- How Women's Rowing Saved College Football: Working The Bar Scene For Recruits -- To Have And Have Not: How College Presidents Fumbled Reform.
Summary Examines the economics and culture surrounding college football, discussing how in the last decade football programs have overtaken universities, creating entertainment factories where sports are more important than education.
Subject College sports -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
College sports -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
Football -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
Football.
National Collegiate Athletic Association.
ISBN 067001673X (hardcover)
9780670016730 (hardcover)
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