Pay for play : a history of big-time college athletic reform / Ronald A. Smith.

Author/creator Smith, Ronald A., 1936-
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana, Chicago : University of Illinois Press, 2011.
Descriptionxii, 344 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesSport and society
Sport and society. ^A238476
Contents Student-controlled athletics and early reform -- Faculty, faculty athletic committees, and reform efforts -- Early interinstitutional reform efforts -- Presidents: promoters or reformers? -- Football, progressive reform, and the creation of the NCAA -- The NCAA: a faculty debating society for amateurism -- The 1920s and the Carnegie report on college athletics -- Individual presidential reform: Gates, Hutchins, and Bowman -- Presidential conference reform: the 1930s Graham plan failure -- The NCAA and the sanity code: a national reform gone wrong -- Ivy league presidential reform -- Scandals and the ACE reform effort in the 1950s -- Lowly standards: chaos in the sports yards -- The Hanford Report, rejected reform, and Proposition 48 -- Title IX and governmental reform in women's athletics -- African Americans, freshman eligibility, and forced reform -- Presidential control, minor reform, and the Knight commission -- NCAA reorganization, the board of presidents' reform, and the APR -- Faculty reform efforts: CARE, the Drake Group, and COIA -- The freshman rule: a nearly forgotten reform.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010024102
ISBN9780252035876 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0252035879 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780252077838 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0252077830 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GV347 .S65 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold