Bowled over : big-time college football from the sixties to the BCS era / Michael Oriard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oriard, Michael, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Football--United States--History.

Football.

College sports--United States--Marketing.

College sports.

College sports--United States--Management.

College athletes--Recruiting--United States.

College athletes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this compellingly argued and deeply personal book, respected sports historian Michael Oriard--who was himself a former second-team All-American at Notre Dame--explores a wide range of trends that have changed the face of big-time college football and transformed the role of the student-athlete. Oriard considers such issues as the politicization of football in the 1960s and the implications of the integration of college football. The heart of the book examines a handful of decisions by the NCAA in the early seventies--to make freshmen eligible to play, to lower admission standar

Contents:

Pt. I: Football and the 1960s. From the sidelines of a football revolution ; College football in black and white, Part I: Integrating the Southeastern Conference ; College football in black and white, Part II: Black protest

Interlude 1973: The NCAA goes pro

Pt. II: Living with a contradiction. Revenue and reform ; Opportunity, entitlement, and exploitation ; Thinking about reform.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908852-2-7

979-88-9313-423-0

1-4696-0530-9

0-8078-9865-1

OCLC:

609863449