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Title: Sole Influence : Basketball, Corporate Greed, and the Corruption of America's Youth by Dan Wetzel, Don Yaeger ISBN: 0-446-60894-7 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.85 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Powerful and Eye Opening
Comment: As a pretty dedicated fan of college basketball, I had heard coaches rail on about summer recruiting, AAU middle men and shoe companies. Now I know why. I encourage anyone who cares about the game to read this. It details not only how things have gotten corrupt, but why. Instead of using broad strokes to declare summer recruiting as a bad development, Sole Influence shows why in detail. Myron Piggie stuff alone is worth the read. The solutions are complex, but given the amount athletic directors and college coaches are working on it, something is inevitable. After reading this, fans will know why the sooner the better. The best basketball book I've read in years. Authors make a complicated story very readable and easy to follow.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not a "fast break" book but a worthwhile subject
Comment: Interesting and thought provoking. You will learn in-depth information about recruiting and why athletes may look at certain colleges. There is a lot of sleaze in college recruiting and this exposes quite a bit.
The book eventually became repetitive as he continued to build his case against the shoe companies. Yes, there is a problem but no alternative solution was really suggested. I'm glad I read it and would encourage college basketball fans to read.
A friend of mine played D1 basketball and pro overseas. He toured America including Hawaii before he was 16 even though he came from the worst ghetto in Memphis where he say 6 people killed and was robbed twice himself. Although he started as a Prop 48, he eventually received his degree. While I don't like the influence of shoe companies, he is an example of a productive man that the shoe companies may have helped. It's not an issue with easy answers.
Rating: 1
Summary: i dont like what they say about my friend myron piggie
Comment: Hi my name is quin and I live in Missouri. I dont like what they say about myron piggie. he is a good man. otherwise the book was pretty good. i recommend it for college basketball fans.
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Title: Beer and Circus : How Big-time College Sports Is Crippling Undergraduate Education by Murray Sperber ISBN: 0805068112 Publisher: Owl Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Game of Life : College Sports and Educational Values by James L. Shulman, William G. Bowen ISBN: 0691096198 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 08 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Dark Side of the Game : My Life in the NFL by Tim Green ISBN: 0446605204 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Big O : My Life, My Times, My Game by Oscar Robertson ISBN: 1579547648 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: 15 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Stealing Lives: The Globalization of Baseball and the Tragic Story of Alexis Quiroz by Arturo J. Marcano Guevara, David P. Fidler ISBN: 0253341914 Publisher: Indiana University Press Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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