The "Front Porch" : examining the increasing interconnection of university and athletic department funding / Jordan R. Bass, Claire C. Schaeperkoetter, Kyle S. Bunds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bass, Jordan R., author.

Schaeperkoetter, Claire C., author.

Bunds, Kyle S., author.

Series:

ASHE higher education report ; Volume 41, Number 5.

ASHE Higher Education Report ; Volume 41, Number 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College sports--United States--History.

College sports.

College sports--United States--Finance.

College sports--Economic aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the 5th issue of the 41st volume of the Jossey-Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report. Each monograph is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education issue, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication.

Contents:

The "Front Porch": Examining the Increasing Interconnection of University and Athletic Department Funding; Contents; Executive Summary; Why Care Now?; Is the Current Athletics Funding Model Sustainable?; Chapter Summaries; Foreword; A History of Intercollegiate Athletics and the NCAA; History of the NCAA; Systemic Changes in College Athletics in the 1970's and 1980's; Formation of Three NCAA Divisions; Title IX; Television Broadcasting Contracts; Conclusion; The NCAA Division I Athletic Funding Crisis; "You've Got to Keep Up With the Joneses"

Student Fees, Tuition Reallocation, and Athletic Department Funding Pushback Against University Support for Athletics; Positioning Big-Time Athletics; Conclusion; The Role of Athletics in the Corporatized University; Increased Corporatization in Higher Education; The Political Economy of "Keeping Up"; "Keeping Up" in College Athletics; Texas A&M: Mechanics of "Keeping Up"; College Athletics Labor Market; Who Owns "Johnny Football"?; Conclusion; Emerging Debates and the Future of Athletics in Higher Education; Funding the Arms Race; O'Bannon et al. v. the NCAA and Power Five Autonomy

The Unionization of College AthletesThe Elimination of UAB Football; Considering Results of New Structures; Conclusion; Conclusion and Challenges for Future Research; References; Name Index; Subject Index; About the Authors; About the ASHE Higher Education Report Series; Call for Proposals; Recent Titles; Order Form; Advert; EULA

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 9, 2015).

ISBN:

1-119-17452-X

1-119-17450-3

OCLC:

927509318