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Book

The price: what it takes to win in college football's era of chaos

Call Number

  • 796.33263 K433 (OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]

Physical Description

342 pages ; 25 cm

Summary

We are living in the Wild West of college sports. Name, Image and Likeness endorsements, the transfer portal, collectives, conference realignment, the powerful influence of media companies have all rendered the notion of amateur athletics a quaint relic of the past, replaced by a Brave New World where money and self-interest rule.

Contents

  • The Old King I
  • Michigan man
  • Oppenheimer
  • The prince
  • Calling collectives
  • Raising Arizona
  • The summit
  • Macy's I
  • A brave new world
  • The quarterback
  • The rise and fall of Jimbo Fisher
  • Unrealistic
  • Trying times
  • Michigan man II
  • The power broker
  • Macy's II
  • The agent
  • One last ride
  • The Old King II
  • Michigan man III
  • Dominoes
  • A new model.

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Added Authors

John Talty