Games Colleges Play: Scandal and Reform in Intercollegiate Athletics

by John R. Thelin

Book Overview

Featuring a new introduction by the author, the paperback edition of Games Colleges Play chronicles the history of intercollegiate athletics from 1910 to 1990.

Featuring a new introduction by the author, the paperback edition of Games Colleges Play chronicles the history of intercollegiate athletics from 1910 to 1990--from the early, glory days of Knute Rockne and the Gipper to the modern era of big budgets, powerful...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801855047
• ISBN13: 9780801855047
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A view of college athletics.

Great look into the world of college athletics that you don't see on ESPN. Gives the readers a real look at what goes on; what's really involved in the world of college sports and the "student athlete". Great reading. You think that college athletics have become more show than competition? Well, read this book and come away with what really goes on. Excellent read.

Great college sports book

The book offers a great read on the history of intercollegiate athletics. The specific stories about universities and conferences allow the reader to connect to what is current in the world of college athletics. It is gives a good story of what was going on behind the scenes. It is a good book for policies concerning college athletics.