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Author Solberg, Winton U., 1922-2019 author.

Title Creating the Big Ten : Courage, Corruption, and Commercialization.

Publication Info. Champaign : University of Illinois Press, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource (261 pages)
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Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Part One: From Disorder to Order; 1 The Beginning of the Big Ten; 2 Michigan Withdraws from the Conference; 3 The Crisis over Amateurism; 4 The Conference and the War; Part Two: From Order to Disorder; 5 The Big Ten in the Golden Age of Sports; 6 The Commissioner and the Conference; 7 The Big Ten Stadiums; 8 Red Grange and the Lure of Professional Football; 9 The Conference at Work; 10 The True Spirit of the University; 11 The Carnegie Report; 12 The Big Ten Censures Iowa; 13 Cross Currents; 14 Closing Out Half a Century; Epilogue.
Appendix 1: Conference RulesAppendix 2: Faculty Representatives; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Subject Big Ten Conference (U.S.) -- History.
Big Ten Conference (U.S.) (OCoLC)fst00664934
College sports -- United States -- History.
Football -- United States -- History.
College sports -- United States -- Finance.
College sports -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
College sports. (OCoLC)fst00867925
College sports -- Corrupt practices. (OCoLC)fst00867928
College sports -- Finance. (OCoLC)fst00867931
Football. (OCoLC)fst00931362
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
SPORTS & RECREATION / General.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Solberg, Winton. Creating the Big Ten : Courage, Corruption, and Commercialization. Champaign : University of Illinois Press, ©2018 9780252041594
ISBN 9780252050251 (electronic book)
0252050258 (electronic book)
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