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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sheldon AndersonPublisher: University of Missouri Press Imprint: University of Missouri Press Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780826223081ISBN 10: 0826223087 Pages: 308 Publication Date: 31 May 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviews"""Schools for Scandal is an extraordinarily honest and compelling book that explains in rich detail how big-time college sports have subverted the stated goals of higher education. Not merely content to reveal the unsavory side of intercollegiate athletics, Anderson provides specific reform measures that could be implemented to guarantee educationally-sound sports programs. For anyone interested in college athletics and the connection between sport and higher education, this is essential reading."" - David K. Wiggins, George Mason University, author of More than a Game: A History of the African American Experience in Sport ""Like a lawyer building a strong case, Anderson compiles anecdotes, histories, quotes, testimonials, observations, facts, and numbers to argue that college sports are, and always have been, a business that produces clear winners (coaches, athletic directors, and the NCAA) and losers (college athletes). So well does Schools for Scandals make its points that at times the reader is left dumbstruck by the sheer hubris, hypocrisy, corruption, greed, and duplicity exhibited by those controlling college athletics.""-- Chris Elzey, George Mason University, coeditor of DC Sports: The Nation's Capital at Play" """Like a lawyer building a strong case, Anderson compiles anecdotes, histories, quotes, testimonials, observations, facts, and numbers to argue that college sports are, and always have been, a business that produces clear winners (coaches, athletic directors, and the NCAA) and losers (college athletes). So well does Schools for Scandals make its points that at times the reader is left dumbstruck by the sheer hubris, hypocrisy, corruption, greed, and duplicity exhibited by those controlling college athletics.""-- Chris Elzey, George Mason University, coeditor of DC Sports: The Nation's Capital at Play" Author InformationSheldon Anderson is professor emeritus of history from Miami University (of Ohio), where he taught international studies, world history, European diplomatic history, and sports history.He has written six books and co-authored another, including Jump Shooting to a Higher Degree: My Basketball Odyssey, The Forgotten Legacy of Stella Walsh: The Greatest Female Athlete of Her Time, The Politics and Culture of Modern Sports, and A Cold War in the Soviet Bloc: Polish-East German Relations, 1945-62. He also edited Twin Cities Sports: Games for All Seasons. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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