The Myth of the Amateur : A History of College Athletic Scholarships.
Smith, Ronald A.
2021
GV733
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Title The Myth of the Amateur : A History of College Athletic Scholarships.
Author Smith, Ronald A.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9781477322871
9781477322864
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021.
Copyright ©2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (345 pages).
Call Number GV733
Dewey Decimal Classification 796.02373
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Series Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports Series
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Intro
Introduction
1. Amateurism Then and Now
2. The Harvard Dilemma-Amateur or Professional
3. "Scholarships": Eastern Authority and Early Payments
4. Training, Training Tables, and Athletic Dorms
5. The Amateur Challenge of Summer Baseball for Pay
6. The 1929 Carnegie Report: Condemnation of Professionalism
7. The Southeastern Conference and Athletic Scholarships
8. National Athletic Scholarship Failure: The Sanity Code
9. The Cleansing of the Ivy League: No Athletic Scholarships?
10. Recruiting, Full Scholarships, and the Big Ten Succumbs
11. Academic Standards, the 1.600 Rule, and Their Demise
12. Taxation, Workers' Compensation, and the "Student-Athlete"
13. Women's Athletics, Title IX, and the Kellmeyer Lawsuit
14. Television, Unions, and the Collapse of Amateurism
15. Is NCAA "Amateurism" Alive? The O'Bannon Lawsuit Impact
16. The Alston and Jenkins Lawsuits, and NCAA Fig-Leafed Professionalism
17. State and Federal Legislative Pay-for-Play Action
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Timeline
Notes
Index.

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