Confessions of a spoilsport
Subtitle: my life and hard times fighting sports corruption at an old eastern university
By: William C. Dowling.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780271032931
Subjects: Rutgers University; National Collegiate Athletic Association; College sports -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; College sports -- Economic aspects -- United States
Description: The author recounts his failed efforts, along with other professors, students and alumni, to get Rutgers University out of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A during the mid-1990s, maintaining the colleges today sacrifice academics in order to build nationally competitive athletic programs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Lost in loboland; title: The birth of Rutgers; title: The Friedman statement; title: Warriors on the web; title: The Coca-Cola university; title: Sportswriters in wonderland; title: Sympathy for the devil; title: "I am an alumni!"; title: The hour of victory; title: Requiem for Rutgers; title: Epilogue : a view from the banks.