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Unwinding Madness: What Went Wrong with College Sports and How to Fix it


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A critical look at the tension between the larger role of the university and the commercialization of college sports Unwinding Madness is the most comprehensive examination to date of how the NCAA has lost its way in the governance of intercollegiate athletics—and why it is incapable of achieving reform and must be replaced. The NCAA has placed commercial success above its responsibilities to protect the academic primacy, health and well-being of college athletes and fallen into an educational, ethical, and economic crisis.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Preface Part I: Lessons of History 1. How College Sports Lost Its Way I 2. How College Sports Lost Its Way II Part II: What Needs to be Fixed 3. Academic Integrity 4. Governance 5. Athlete Health and Welfare 6. A Continuing Disgrace: Discrimination Based on Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Disability 7. The NCAA's Unsustainable Economics Part III: A Return to Sanity 8. Two Paths to Meaningful Reform 9. Anchors for Reform: Guidelines and Conclusion Appendix Notes Index

About the Author :
Gerald Gurney is assistant professor of education at the University of Oklahoma and a past president of both the Drake Group and the National Association of Academic Advisers for Athletics. Donna A. Lopiano is the president of Sports Management Resources, a consulting firm, and an adjunct lecturer in sports management at Southern Connecticut State University. Andrew Zimbalist is the Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College and a noted sports economist and sports industry consultant.

Review :
In general, big time college sports have become so far removed from any reasonable connection to higher education as to be a sham. Who better than Andy Zimbalist to lay out the issues and provide a sensible plan for reform?--Bob Costas, Broadcaster, NBC Sports and Major League Baseball Network Unwinding Madness: What Went Wrong with College Sports and How to Fix It by Dr. Gerald Gurney, Donna Lopiano and Dr. Andy Zimbalist is a new book I highly recommend for anyone interested in the business of intercollegiate athletics and college sports governance. . . . it is one of the better books I have read on how to repair the rapidly deteriorating business of college sports.--B. David Ridpath, Forbes College and sports are an instant pairing for most of us. But sports have come to play an outsized role at many colleges, and they now overshadow the core college mission: to educate. The authors of Unwinding Madness carefully and dispassionately dissect the problem and offer a realistic path forward that makes education central once again.--Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, 2009-16 The NCAA is a dirty cartel hiding under the skirts of a sham called "amateurism." Everybody, however, pretty much accepts this as just one more prize example of good old American exceptionalism. While Unwinding Madness might not expose this obvious, long-standing hypocrisy, it provides, in comprehensive, scorching detail, every unfair and cruel aspect of the NCAA humbug. The book is a powerful indictment of our most shameful sports sin, and it should be read, foremost, by school presidents and university board chairs. And, too, by those athletic directors and coaches still bearing a conscience.--Frank Deford, Author and Commentator This book provides a comprehensive look at the issues facing big-time college sports. Anyone interested in teaching or researching intercollegiate athletics will find this book to be a useful resource. --James Morton, Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780815730033
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Brookings Institution
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: What Went Wrong with College Sports and How to Fix it
  • ISBN-10: 0815730039
  • Publisher Date: 13 Dec 2016
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 320


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