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Book

Billion-dollar ball : a journey through the big-money culture of college football

Call Number

  • 796.33263 G269 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York, New York : Viking, [2015]

Physical Description

xix, 249 pages ; 23 cm

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.

Notes

Includes index.

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.

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