{"product_id":"changing-the-playbook-howard-p-chudacoff-9780252039782","title":"Changing the Playbook: How Power, Profit, and Politics Transformed College Sports","description":"\"In \u003ci\u003eChanging the Playbook\u003c\/i\u003e, Howard P. Chudacoff delves into the background and what-ifs surrounding seven defining moments that redefined college sports. These changes involved fundamental issues--race and gender, profit and power--that reflected societal tensions and, in many cases, remain pertinent today: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe failed 1950 effort to pass a Sanity Code regulating payments to football players;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe thorny racial integration of university sports programs;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe boom in television money;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe 1984 Supreme Court decision that settled who could control skyrocketing media revenues;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitle IX's transformation of women's athletics;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe cheating, eligibility, and recruitment scandals that tarnished college sports in the 1980s and 1990s;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe ongoing controversy over paying student athletes a share of the enormous moneys harvested by schools and athletic departments.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thought-provoking journey into the whos and whys of college sports history, \u003ci\u003eChanging the Playbook\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the turning points of yesterday and today will impact tomorrow.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard P. Chudacoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252039785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252039782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2016","brand":"Howard P. Chudacoff","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086444278015,"sku":"9780252039782","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9915ee36-e285-4b25-9629-8bc1ec7d92d9.jpg?v=1769094707","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/changing-the-playbook-howard-p-chudacoff-9780252039782","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}