Pay for Play: A History of Big-Time College Athletic Reform

by Ronald A. Smith

Book Overview

In an era when college football coaches frequently command higher salaries than university presidents, many call for reform to restore the balance between amateur athletics and the educational mission of schools. This book traces attempts at college athletics reform from 1855 through the early twenty-first century while analyzing the different roles played by students, faculty, conferences, university presidents, the NCAA, legislatures, and the Supreme...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252035879
• ISBN13: 9780252035876
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 360 Pages