Sponsored by the American Council on Education and issued in the 'ACE/Praeger Series on Higher Education,' this volume addresses the current state of intercollegiate sports and offers recommendations for future action in reforming the NCAA. The author ofnumerous books on sports, Lapchick is an activist, and he gathers here 18 essays that look at the issues and the players. The core of the book is the examination of issues: the integrity of college sports, higher education's failure to emulate the professional model, ethical dilemmas, race, coaching opportunities, gender, wagering, performance enhancing drugs, sports agents, and the influence of the media. The second section comprises various forums—forums of college presidents, conference commissioners, athletic directors, faculty, and student athletes. These essays are slightly polemical but include a lot of information. Fitz Hill, former head football coach at San Jose State, offers a particularly insightful analysis of the issue of race and collegefootball, and the student-athlete forum is notable for the participants' excellent preparation. The final chapter, Lipchick's Recommendations, should be required reading for anyone involved in, or interested in, intercollegiate sport. Highly recommended.
Lapchick brings together conflicting voices on the business of running college sports in the United States.
Sponsored by the American Council on Education and issued in the 'ACE/Praeger Series on Higher Education,' this volume addresses the current state of intercollegiate sports and offers recommendations for future action in reforming the NCAA. The author ofnumerous books on sports, Lapchick is an activist, and he gathers here 18 essays that look at the issues and the players. The core of the book is the examination of issues: the integrity of college sports, higher education's failure to emulate the professional model, ethical dilemmas, race, coaching opportunities, gender, wagering, performance enhancing drugs, sports agents, and the influence of the media. The second section comprises various forums—forums of college presidents, conference commissioners, athletic directors, faculty, and student athletes. These essays are slightly polemical but include a lot of information. Fitz Hill, former head football coach at San Jose State, offers a particularly insightful analysis of the issue of race and collegefootball, and the student-athlete forum is notable for the participants' excellent preparation. The final chapter, Lipchick's Recommendations, should be required reading for anyone involved in, or interested in, intercollegiate sport. Highly recommended.
Sponsored by the American Council on Education and issued in the 'ACE/Praeger Series on Higher Education,' this volume addresses the current state of intercollegiate sports and offers recommendations for future action in reforming the NCAA. The author ofnumerous books on sports, Lapchick is an activist, and he gathers here 18 essays that look at the issues and the players. The core of the book is the examination of issues: the integrity of college sports, higher education's failure to emulate the professional model, ethical dilemmas, race, coaching opportunities, gender, wagering, performance enhancing drugs, sports agents, and the influence of the media. The second section comprises various forumsforums of college presidents, conference commissioners, athletic directors, faculty, and student athletes. These essays are slightly polemical but include a lot of information. Fitz Hill, former head football coach at San Jose State, offers a particularly insightful analysis of the issue of race and collegefootball, and the student-athlete forum is notable for the participants' excellent preparation. The final chapter, Lipchick's Recommendations, should be required reading for anyone involved in, or interested in, intercollegiate sport. Highly recommended.