Title The athletic trap : how college sports corrupted the academy / Howard L. Nixon II.

Publication Info.

Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 217 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Commercialization, college sports, and the athletic trap -- The intercollegiate golden triangle -- The business of college sports -- The arms race, inequalities, and the pressures of the college sports business -- Deviance, corruption, and scandals in college sports -- Control and reform in big-time college sports -- Reforming college sports.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	College sports -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
	Universities and colleges -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
	College sports -- Corrupt practices. (OCoLC)fst00867928
	Universities and colleges -- Corrupt practices. (OCoLC)fst01161665
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	GAMES / Gambling / Sports.
	SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects.
	SPORTS & RECREATION / Essays.
	SPORTS & RECREATION / History.
	SPORTS & RECREATION / Reference.
	TRAVEL / Special Interest / Sports.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Nixon, Howard L., 1944- author. Athletic trap 9781421411958 (DLC) 2013017624 (OCoLC)842307615
ISBN	9781421411965 (electronic bk.)
	1421411962 (electronic bk.)
	1421411962 (electronic)

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