• Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Saturday Millionaires: How Winning Football Builds Winning Colleges

Saturday Millionaires: How Winning Football Builds Winning Colleges

Hardcover

FootballSports GeneralGeneral Education

Publisher Price: $26.95

ISBN10: 1118386655
ISBN13: 9781118386651
Publisher: Trade Paper Press
Published: Sep 10 2013
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.32 Depth: 9.22
Language: English

Last year Football Bowl Subdivision college football programs produced over $1 billion in net revenue. Record-breaking television contracts were announced. Despite the enormous revenue, college football is in upheaval. Schools are accused of throwing their academic mission aside to fund their football teams. The media and fans are beating the drum for athletes to be paid. And the conferences are being radically revised as schools search for TV money. Saturday Millionaires shows that schools are right to fund their football teams first; that athletes will never be paid like employees; how the media skews the financial facts; and why the TV deals are so important. It follows the money to the heart of college football and shows the real game being played, covering such areas as:

Also in

Football