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100 1 $aWatterson, John Sayle.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79146466
245 10 $aCollege football :$bhistory, spectacle, controversy /$cJohn Sayle Watterson.
260 $aBaltimore :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c2000.
300 $axiv, 456 pages :$billustrations ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [407]-446) and index.
520 1 $a"In this hundred-year history of America's popular pastime, John Sayle Watterson shows how college football evolved from a simple game played by college students into the lucrative, semiprofessional enterprise it has become today. With a historian's grasp of the broader context and a novelist's eye for the telling detail, Watterson presents a compelling portrait rich in anecdotes and colorful personalities.".
520 8 $a"He tells how the infamous Yale-Princeton "fiasco" of 1881, in which Yale forced a 0-0 tie in a championship game by retaining possession of the ball for the entire game, eventually led to the first-down rule that would begin to transform Americanized rugby into American football.
520 8 $aHe describes the kicks and punches, gouged eyes, broken collarbones, and flagrant rule violations that nearly led to the sport's demise (including such excesses as a Yale player who wore a uniform soaked in blood from a slaughterhouse). And he explains the reforms of 1910, which gave official approval to a radical new tactic traditionalists were sure would doom the game as they knew it - the forward pass.".
520 8 $a"As college football grew in the booming economy of the 1920s, Watterson explains, the flow of cash added fuel to an already explosive mix. Coaches like Knute Rockne became celebrities in their own right, with highly paid speaking engagements and product endorsements. At the same time, the emergence of the first professional teams led to inevitable scandals involving recruitment and subsidies for student-athletes.
520 8 $aRevelations of illicit aid to athletes in the 1930s led to failed attempts at reform by the fledgling NCAA in the postwar "Sanity Code," intended to control abuses by permitting limited subsidies to college players but which actually paved the way for the "free ride" many players receive today.".
520 8 $a"Today, Watterson observes, colleges' insatiable hunger for revenues has led to an abuse-filled game nearly indistinguishable from the professional model of the NFL: After examining the standard solutions for reform, he offers proposals of his own, including greater involvement by faculty, trustees, and college presidents. Ultimately, however, Watterson concludes that the history of college football is one in which the rules of the game have changed, but those of human nature have not."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aFootball$zUnited States$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104004
650 0 $aFootball$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory.
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