The system : the glory and scandal of big-time college football /
A revelatory account based on the authors' unprecedented access to the NCAA's highest-level programs throughout the 2012 season describes its high-powered system of billion-dollar television deals, high-priced coaches, football "hostessing," castoff athlete-students and paid test...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Doubleday,
[2013]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: Game on
- The coach : Part I, Mike Leach after midnight
- The closer : the life of a college football hostess
- The brand : going all in at Michigan
- Big man on campus : a pretty awesome asset
- The victim : "They had suffered enough. They lost their scholarships"
- The coach : Part II, Terminated
- The sacrificial lamb : Towson University plays with the big boys
- Ohio State V. Michigan : the return of "The Senator"
- The janitor : "I fix shit"
- Rebuilding a program : "There is no gray with Bronco"
- The booster : What $248 million will buy you
- The tutor : Friends with benefits
- The athletic director : Part I, "We have no money. Nobody is giving money. We are not on TV"
- The investigators : big-game hunting
- The system at work : Ohio State and the consequences of $3.07
- The athletic director : Part II, "It's going to be expensive"
- The walk-on : "I want to play football"
- Saban's way : The New Testament of college football
- The wounded : Pain is relative
- The blue-chip recruit : The Ricky Seals-Jones sweepstakes
- The coach : Part III, "The starting lineup is voluntary, too"
- Crime and punishment : The SEC leads the nation
- The game : "I hate losing more than anything"
- The coach : Part IV, The letter
- The draft pick : To go pro or not to go pro
- Gameday : the genius of ESPN
- Built by Bama : in a class by itself.