Same Players, Different Game - by John C Barnes (Hardcover)

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

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.

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

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

About the Author

John C. Barnes is an associate professor of sports administration at the University of New Mexico. He formerly served as the head athletic trainer at Chaffey College and as an athletic trainer with the California Angels and the Montreal Expos organizations. For almost two decades he has worked in sports-management education, focusing his research on various issues in college athletics.