Counterfeit Amateurs: An Athlete's Journey Through the Sixties to the Age of Academic Capitalism

by Allen L. Sack

Book Overview

With a Foreword by Ara ParseghianThe debate over big-time college sports, never far from the front pages, has once again moved from simmering to hot. Congress has been investigating the tax-exempt status of the NCAA in part because of questions about how commercialized college sports contribute to educational values. Athletes are challenging the NCAA on antitrust grounds to get a bigger share of the revenue. Against this backdrop, more faculty...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271033681
• ISBN13: 9780271033686
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"