Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Exploiting College Athletes

by Walter Byers

Book Overview

Walter Byers, who served as NCAA executive director from 1951 to 1987, was charged with the dual mission of keeping intercollegiate sports clean while generating millions of dollars each year as income for the colleges. Here Byers exposes, as only he can, the history and present-day state of college athletics: monetary gifts, questionable academic standards, advertising endorsements, legal battles, and the political manipulation of college presidents.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472084429
• ISBN13: 9780472084425
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.7"