Big-Time Sports in American Universities

ISBN-13: 9781108431392 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 398 str.

Charles T. Clotfelter

Opis

This book expands on the argument that spectator sports, despite their problems, have become a central function of American universities.

Recenzje

'Charles T. Clotfelter's new book shows in details and data how college sports have become center stage in American universities of the twenty-first century. His chapters are exciting and his analyses are balanced and fair. Finally we have a book by a leading scholar who knows both academics and athletics. This leaves us with a great basis for reform.' John Thelin, University of Kentucky, author of Games Colleges Play: Scandal and Reform in Intercollegiate Athletics

Spis treści

Part I. Commercial Sports as a University Function: 1. Strange bedfellows; 2. Priorities; 3. The bigness of 'big time'; Part II. The Uses of Big-Time College Sports: 4. Consumer product, mass obsession; 5. Commercial enterprise; 6. Institution builder; 7. Beacon for campus culture; Part III. Reckoning: 8. Ends and means; 9. Prospects for reform; Appendices.