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Title: Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University: A University President's Perspective by James J. Duderstadt ISBN: 0-472-11156-6 Publisher: University of Michigan Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An Important perspective on College Athletics
Comment: This book provides an excellent perspective from the President of a major academic and sports university of the challenges of intercollegiate sports. Athletics don't make money at any collegiate level (if costs included fixed plant expenses). They can cause serious scandal for Universities. But still the public demands winning programs. Dr. Duderstadt was perfectly experienced to speak on this issue coming from a great school but also a former athlete. He also brings an interesting perspective of the role of the Provost, which he held prior to being President.
But even after listing all of the woes of how athletics affect colleges, he cops out and says they still have a place. I think this shows just how tough the problem is. It was interesting that quite a bit of his reading overlapped mine, and in fact, he agreed with me that Rick Telander, Sports Illustrated writer and former college football player, had a worthwhile solution of making college "pro" sports optional for colleges.
He also had great discussions of the personalities of coaches and athletic directors and how that affects the programs, as well as discussions on how the media can harm college athletics. Sports journalists don't score high on his list.
This book doesn't solve any problems but does give a different and insightful analysis of the challenge. I recommend this book to those trying to understand the finances of college athletics and how an athletic department exists inside a major university.
Rating: 3
Summary: Too Little, Far Too Late
Comment: During a season when there are some excellent books on college sports (Shulman and Bowen's Game of Life, and Murray Sperber's Beer & Circus), Duderstadt comes up with something of a dud (sorry for the pun). He calls for the reform of college sports but this is the guy who, as president of the University of Michigan, tolerated a special academic program, Sports Management, in which his jocks with academic problems were sheltered. It is really hard to take him seriously with a background like that. It's as if he has found religion--reform college sports.
Good luck to him, and I suppose that any critic of big-time college sports should be congratulated for taking an unpopular stand but this book is too little and far too late.
Rating: 5
Summary: Universities punt when it comes to managing athletics
Comment: Jim Duderstadt, former President of University of Michigan, an intercollegiate athlete himself and a full-time Big 10 fan, has finally decided the shred the public relations shroud around the reality of Division I athletic teams. He demonstrates the wanton excess associated with college basketbal programs, as well as most football programs. At the same time, he reaffirms the value of most other sports programs at the college level. His voice is a rational warning, unfortunately heard by few university presidents where accountability for this issue really sits. Too many of them, according to Duderstadt, pass the buck for the appalling professionalization of major college sports, placing blame on alumni, the public, state legislatures, faculty or others. Fortunately, he nails down the responsibilities of each group with incriminating detail, and urges massive reform. The cost of the current game plan in Division I schools is rising, he demonstrates, and may end up in defeat for the institutions we consider essential to educating future generations. Read it now -- before March Madness sucks you into the p.r. spin!
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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: Beer and Circus: How Big-Time College Sports Is Crippling Undergraduate Education by Murray Sperber ISBN: 0805068112 Publisher: Owl Books Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Unpaid Professionals : Commercialism and Conflict in Big-Time College Sports by Andrew Zimbalist ISBN: 0691086907 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 15 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Reclaiming the Game : College Sports and Educational Values by William G. Bowen, Sarah A. Levin ISBN: 0691116202 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 14 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Sports and Freedom: The Rise of Big-Time College Athletics (Sports and History) by Ronald A. Smith ISBN: 0195065824 Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand Pub. Date: December, 1990 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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