Nixon, Howard L.,  1944- <br/><br/>
The athletic trap :  how college sports corrupted the academy / 
Howard L. Nixon II. 
 - Baltimore :  The Johns Hopkins University Press,  (c)2014. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 217 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Commercialization, college sports, and the athletic trap --  The intercollegiate golden triangle --  The business of college sports --  The arms race, inequalities, and the pressures of the college sports business --  Deviance, corruption, and scandals in college sports --  Control and reform in big-time college sports --  Reforming college sports. 
<br/><br/>
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421411965 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>College sports--Corrupt practices--United States.<br/>Universities and colleges--Corrupt practices--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV351  / .A845 2014