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Confessions of a spoilsport : my life and hard times fighting sports corruption at an old eastern university

Author: William C Dowling
Publisher: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Dowling, William C.
Confessions of a spoilsport.
University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2007
(OCoLC)608022978
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: William C Dowling
ISBN: 9780271032931 0271032936
OCLC Number: 85833357
Description: 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Lost in loboland --
The birth of Rutgers 1000 --
The Friedman statement --
Warriors on the Web --
The Coca-Cola university --
Sportswriters in wonderland --
Sympathy for the devil --
"I am an alumni!" --
The hour of victory --
Requiem for Rutgers 1000 --
Epilogue : a view from the banks.
Responsibility: William C. Dowling.
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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.

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