Bibliograph

Billion-dollar ball, a journey through the big-money culture of college football, Gilbert M. Gaul

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Label

Billion-dollar ball, a journey through the big-money culture of college football, Gilbert M. Gaul

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Billion-dollar ball

Oclc number

900623851

Responsibility statement

Gilbert M. Gaul

Sub title

a journey through the big-money culture of college football

Summary

Examines the economics and culture surrounding college football, discussing how in the last decade football programs have overtaken universities, creating entertainment factories where sports are more important than education

Table Of Contents

Preface: A Real University -- The Gilded Age Of College Football -- The Unlikely Charity Known As College Football -- Return On Investment: The Art Of Paying A Coach $23 Million Not To Coach -- Walking With Mr. Baldwin: In The Land Of Accidental Students -- Why The South Lost The War But Wins At Football -- How Women's Rowing Saved College Football: Working The Bar Scene For Recruits -- To Have And Have Not: How College Presidents Fumbled Reform -- Epilogue: The Death Star

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