The Athletic Trap: How College Sports Corrupted the Academy

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The Athletic Trap This page intentionally left blank The AThleTic TrAp How College Sports Corrupted the Academy howard l. Nixon ii JohNs hopkiNs UNiversiTy press BAlTimore © 2014 Johns Hopkins University Press All rights reserved. Published 2014 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363 www.press.jhu.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nixon, Howard L., 1944– The athletic trap : how college sports corrupted the academy / Howard L. Nixon II. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4214-1195-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4214-1196-5 (electronic) — ISBN 1-4214-1195-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-4214-1196-2 (electronic) 1. College sports—Corrupt practices—United States. 2. Universities and colleges— Corrupt practices—United States. I. Title. GV351.N59 2014 796.043—dc23 2013017624 A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Special discounts are available for bulk purchases of this book. For more information, please contact Special Sales at 410-516-6936 or specialsales@press.jhu.edu. Johns Hopkins University Press uses environmentally friendly book materials, including recycled text paper that is composed of at least 30 percent post-consumer waste, whenever possible. For Sara, who is the best research and instruction librarian I know and who has always encouraged me This page intentionally left blank ...