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  • Economics of College Sportsby John L. Fizel

    ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 111.00

    Operating behind a veil of amateurism, the NCAA and collegiate athletic departments oversee big business sports programs. These entities generate revenues comparable to professional sports, practice and play in facilities that rival those found in professional sports, and pay their top coaches salaries comparable to the salaries paid to coaches of... more...

  • Sports for Herby PENNY HASTINGS

    ABC-CLIO 1999; US$ 81.00

    Today, one in every three high school girls plays sports, and the number of sports offered to these young women has increased dramatically in the past decade. This unique resource explores these sports from a girl's perspective, while examining sports issues as they pertain to young women. Individual chapters cover the most popular sports offered... more...

  • Varsity Greenby Mark Yost

    Stanford University Press 2009; US$ 25.95

    This book is a no-nonsense look at the business, economics, and culture of college sports. more...

  • Beer and Circusby Murray Sperber

    Henry Holt and Co. 2011; US$ 19.99

    A no-holds-barred examination of the troubled relationship between college sports and higher education from a leading authority on the subject Murray Sperber turns common perceptions about big-time college athletics inside out. He shows, for instance, that contrary to popular belief the money coming in to universities from sports programs never... more...

  • College Sports Inc.by Frank P. Jozsa Jr.

    Springer 2012; US$ 39.99

    aiFor several decades in America, athletic programs in colleges and universities received financial support and resources primarily from their respective schools and such sources as alumni and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). More recently, however, college coaches assigned to athletic departments and the presidents and marketing... more...

  • Sports and Freedomby Ronald A. Smith

    Oxford University Press 1990; US$ 32.50

    Perhaps more than any other two colleges, Harvard and Yale gave form to American intercollegiate athletics--a form that was inspired by the Oxford-Cambridge rivalry overseas, and that was imitated by colleges and universities throughout the United States. Focusing on the influence of these prestigious eastern institutions, this fascinating study traces... more...

  • Bigger Faster Strongerby R. Gregory Shepard

    Human Kinetics 2009; US$ 21.95

    Bigger Faster Stronger is now bigger and better than ever! This second edition presents the most popular strength training system for today?s high school and college athletes. Establish the solid foundation you need to compete successfully and advance your athletic career. more...

  • College Athletes for Hireby ALLEN SACK; ELLEN STAUROWSKY

    ABC-CLIO 1998; US$ 98.00

    Many books have been written on the evils of commercialism in college sport, and the hypocrisy of payments to athletes from alumni and other sources outside the university. Almost no attention, however, has been given to the way that the National Collegiate Athletic Association has embraced professionalism through its athletic scholarship policy. Because... more...

  • Unpaid Professionalsby Andrew Zimbalist

    Princeton University Press 2001; US$ 42.00

    Big-time college sports embodies the ideals of amateurism and provides an important complement to university education. Or so its apologists would have us believe. As Andrew Zimbalist shows in this unprecedented analysis, college sports is really a massively commercialized industry based on activities that are often irrelevant and even harmful to... more...

  • Key Themes in Youth Sportby Ken Green

    Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 51.95

    Key Themes in Youth Sport is a concise, easy to read guide to core concepts in the study of young people?s relationship with sport, exercise and leisure. Designed to help students get to grips with the basics and go on to master the central ideas and debates in contemporary youth sport, this book reflects the multi-disciplinary interest in youth... more...