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Same Players, Different Game - by John C Barnes (Hardcover)
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- 2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist for Adventure, Sports & RecreationIn this thought-provoking new book, John C. Barnes examines the contemporary state of commercial college athletics as a guide for current and potential administrators, coaches, regents, and others involved in collegiate athletic operations and decision-making.
- Author(s): John C Barnes
- 248 Pages
- Sports + Recreation, Business Aspects
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About the Book
In this thought-provoking new book, John C. Barnes examines the contemporary state of commercial college athletics as a guide for current and potential administrators, coaches, regents, and others involved in collegiate athletic operations and decision-making.
Book Synopsis
2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist for Adventure, Sports & Recreation
In this thought-provoking new book, John C. Barnes examines the contemporary state of commercial college athletics as a guide for current and potential administrators, coaches, regents, and others involved in collegiate athletic operations and decision-making. Each chapter provides an overview of an industry shaped by such current realities as Title IX requirements, commercial investments, student testing, and television contracts. Barnes provides an accessible outline of the historical background and potential future of the commercial college athletics industry from a nonjudgmental perspective. Same Players, Different Game not only serves as a text and guide for governance and leadership but also as a primer for the economic and political realities of modern college athletics that students and sports fans will find fascinating.
Review Quotes
"[This book] not only covers historical issues and precedents in the crazy world of commercialized college sports in America, but it also includes a focus on the current and relevant issues of intercollegiate athletics literally as they are happening. . . . This book eloquently covers the issues outside the fields and courts that will shape intercollegiate athletics far into the future and shows how different it may one day look."--B. David Ridpath, author of Tainted Glory: Marshall University, the NCAA, and One Man's Fight for Justice
"A comprehensive look at modern college athletics and topics ranging from Title IX rules to TV contracts."--Kody Timmers, Sports Business Journal
"Barnes is neither hypercritical nor does he offer partisan suggestions for change. Rather, from the historical perspective to the realities of contemporary collegiate athletic programs, he presents an objective overview of collegiate sports, a useful reference guide and resource. For anyone involved in or contemplating a leadership role in intercollegiate athletic decision-making, the chapters provide essential information. . . . .Highly recommended."--S. R. Kahn, Choice
"Dives deep into the large maze that is college sport. . . . This book contributes critical assistance in understanding what the NCAA was and is."--Braden Norris, International Journal of Sport Communication