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Billion-dollar ball : a journey through the big-money culture of college football / Gilbert M. Gaul.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gaul, Gilbert M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College sports--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- College sports.
- College sports--Corrupt practices--United States.
- Football--Corrupt practices--United States.
- Football.
- National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- Football--Corrupt practices.
- College sports--Corrupt practices.
- College sports--Moral and ethical aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 249 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Viking, [2015]
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 067001673X
- 9780670016730
- OCLC:
- 900623851
- Publisher Number:
- 99964140445
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