Unpaid Professionals: Commercialism and Conflict in Big-Time College Sports

by Andrew S. Zimbalist

Book Overview

Big-time college sports embodies the ideals of amateurism and provides an important complement to university education. Or so its apologists would have us believe. As Andrew Zimbalist shows in this unprecedented analysis, college sports is really a massively commercialized industry based on activities that are often irrelevant and even harmful to education. Zimbalist combines groundbreaking empirical research and a talent for storytelling to provide...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691086907
• ISBN13: 9780691086903
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

In-depth review of the economics of college athletics

This book should be read by anyone working in or with college athletics as well as fans that want to understand the "business" behind the games. The author takes a view of the subject from many angles. The chapter dealing in the profit or loss of athletic departments is very enlightening particularly as it deals with the lack of accounting standard conformity.In the last chapter the author recommends 10 steps to cure the problems. Frankly, I didn't find them compelling and generally not workable. This is a thought provoking read if you have interest in the subject but should not be purchased for entertainment purposes as it reads more like a business analysis.