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Introduction : the NCAA in the era of Walter Byers, 1951-1987
Byers and early NCAA issues for a rookie executive director
Workers' compensation, taxation, and Byers's "student-athlete"
Fear of the pros, especially football
The Cold War, Vietnam, and the civil rights struggle
Losing : academics, race, and the 1.600 GPA
Admitting women : Title IX and an all-male NCAA
A win for Byers : the NCAA defeats the AAU
Small colleges, NCAA divisions, and the CFA schism
Television and the NCAA antitrust defeat
Byers at his best : the great TV basketball/football negotiator
Jerry Tarkanian, enforcement, and Byers's due process quandary
March Madness and TV save the NCAA and Byers's legacy
Byers, bowls, and a national football championship
Unsportsmanlike conduct
Epilogue.
Byers and early NCAA issues for a rookie executive director
Workers' compensation, taxation, and Byers's "student-athlete"
Fear of the pros, especially football
The Cold War, Vietnam, and the civil rights struggle
Losing : academics, race, and the 1.600 GPA
Admitting women : Title IX and an all-male NCAA
A win for Byers : the NCAA defeats the AAU
Small colleges, NCAA divisions, and the CFA schism
Television and the NCAA antitrust defeat
Byers at his best : the great TV basketball/football negotiator
Jerry Tarkanian, enforcement, and Byers's due process quandary
March Madness and TV save the NCAA and Byers's legacy
Byers, bowls, and a national football championship
Unsportsmanlike conduct
Epilogue.