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If you're good enough to play intercollegiate sports, congratulations!Your talent and hard work have paid off.But on the road to NCAA competition, you'll find some tricky rules and guidelines that if not followed closely could jeapordize your chances to qualify for a scholarship and play collegiate sports.You need clear advice on how to maintain academic eligibility, how to follow recruiting guidelines and get on a college team, and how to meet the unique and strenuous demands that will be made of you.

To enjoy a successful career as a college athlete, you must plan early.Freshmen and sophomores in high school need to be aware of course requirements, the same way juniors and seniors need to prepare for the SAT or ACT.The sooner you guarantee your college eligibility, the better.Winning Athletic Scholarships is an essential guide for student athletes in any sport, from football to field hockey to fencing.

Includes interviews with the coaches themselves. ... Read more

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Investing in College Basketball provides a comprehensive set of tools and techniques for successfully wagering on college basketball.It shows how the returns – winnings -- from investing in college basketball can be far greater than investing in stocks and bonds. These returns can be achieved by anyone with an interest in basketball, basic mathematical skills, and a computer with spreadsheet programs and Internet access.The power of the methodology is demonstrated by actual investing results for the 2003-2004 season of the Atlantic 10 Conference.The book includes an analysis of investment outcomes for the A-10 Conference, the working papers for assessing each team, and the analysis of each game for which an investment was made.There are extensive examples of how theory is applied in analyzing actual games and showing how good analysis consistently pays off. ... Read more

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Don't invest in this book; play your hunches.
I bought this book along with author Seidel's companion book, Wagering To Win, during a dry spell in my basketball betting.These books continued the drought.

The only pearl of wisdom from this title was concentrating on a local conference, finding "live" teams or dullard squads that the bookie may have under-priced or over-priced as the circumstances dictate.

Hey guys, don't you already do that in your gambling routines?Seidel then tries to masquerade this thin exercise with a return-on-equity discourse, in an apparent attempt to convince you that you are really investing rather than betting.

The problem is:those propositions are past history.The new season brings new challenges. You cannot rely on the past to give you insights into the upcoming season.


I'll save you some bucks with this advice:bet on a roadie at your own risk.If there was ever a live proposition in gambling it has to be the homey, especially a home team dog.Home teams cover at a near-60% clip.

One of the best sources for up-to-the-minute basketball information are individual webpages from informed locals.Your problem is to find these pages, knowing that they are typically set up by fans at various campuses.None last beyond five years in duration, but I've found valuable gems of data from them.I've learned who was flunking out, rumors of team dissension, who was contemplating leaving campus for the NBA draft, what players were in the doghouse, etc.The UseNet newsgroups are the best place to start.

Sports betting is hard work.Research is vital.You won't find much of it in Seidel's book.

Take the points and skip the books on dinosaur history.

Note added August 2009:UseNet newsgroups have been obsoleted by Twitter.If NCAA football is any indication of a trend, then it appears the BB crowd has congregated at Twitter.Log in and study the tweets in college athletics; be prepared to work at winnowing the wheat from the chaff.There is solid information out fhere for those willing to work.

Well written and informative book except for the money management part
Wagering on CBB for the past 5 seasons, I decided to pick up this book to see if it had anything new to offer that I had never thought of.

Turns out, almost everything I did to handicap games was in this book. So if you are just beginning to handicap CBB, this book would probably help a lot more than it did me. Either way, it was nice to see that Larry handicapped games similarly to me. Even the opinion that I have that NCAA tournament time is NOT the time to bet is held by Larry.

Something though that did open my eyes a little bit was the conference specialization. Picking a conference and only betting those games has it's advantages and disadvantages. If you don't have a lot of time though, I think it may be better to specialize in a conference than to just know some stuff about a lot of teams.

I enacted this strategy for the last month of the season last year with rather strong results to show for it.

As I mentioned, the money management section to me is poorly written. I may think this because I don't believe in what he said to do. The mantra I follow is "don't bet it unless you think you see value and thus an easy cover".

He says you should bet more on some games that show more value. Well experience shows you that some games you think have more value turn into non covers and vice versa. Betting this way is an easy way to cause a huge variance in the bottom line. I used to do that and it caused a variance of profit of over 300%.

Easy example: Over a 50 game stretch you bet between 10 and 60 dollars and finish down 100 with a .500 record. Average bet was 30 per wager. You could have bet 175 per wager and would have only been down 100 dollars as well. If you had bet the same 30 every time, you would have only been down 26 and change.

Wagering the same amount on each game keeps this variance from happening and you can worry more about hitting above 55% and not from that hole you just dug because you upped the amount on a certain game because of "perceived value".

All in all, a good book except for the money management section.

Brilliant NCAA Basketball ideas
This is the single best book I have read on handicapping NCAA basketball. His methodologies for analyzing teams, and setting spreads and totals are both fascinating and deadly. This treatise has a lot of solid theoretical content which I observed in the 2004 season, and it worked in application.

This is not a gambling treatise - while his analysis of basketball is superb, his ideas on money management and risk analysis are borderline catastrophic. However, if you are already an intermediate to advanced gambler, and you ignore all the material on bet sizing, the handicapping material is first rate (and would warrant a 5-star rating).

Use with caution
This book is pretty interesting.On the one hand it does a good job outlining the hard work necessary to win betting on college hoops, and even outlines somenice methods. But all that is almost entirely nullified by the horrendous "money management"advice Seidel gives.He sounds like a tout when he says things such as "if you can't win 60% you should be doing something else".He goes on to talk about how a 75% winning percentage seems to be attainable and gives advice for using bet sizes of over 10% of your bankroll.I can not begin to tell you how bad this advice is.It basically brings into question the rest of the book and how long Seidel has actually been involved in sports betting. His money management advice reaks of someone who had a very nice season betting basketball and doesn't have an appreciation for the swings that are inherent in betting sports.Because even the most successful sports bettor in the world would eventually go broke putting that much of his bankroll at risk.For better money management advice look into classic books such as "Insights into Sports Betting" and Beating the Professional Football Point Spread".I could only recommend this book to people who are seasoned sports bettors with their own set money management ideas and REALISTIC expectations, but are interested in reading about some good approaches to college hoops. Because there is some good advice in the book, just some very bad advice as well.

Invest, don't gamble!
This book is great.I love college basketball and this book describes exactly how to win by spending more time on your passion.

I love the concepts.Imagine a stock market where you know more about the stocks than anyone else.Where most of the other investors are amatuers, not professionals.Where there are few frauds like Enron, Marsh, WorldCom or HealthSouth to tank your portfolio.Where investment gains come immediately, not after years. Where there are dozens of brokers keeping commissions low.

Well, this book describes college basketball betting as just such a market.College basketball "investing" offers all of these, plus none of the disadvantages of large and public betting markets such as stock market, or even the NFL or NBA.The book is a how-to-guide for those who want to gain an advantage and have the discipline to invest the time and effort.

The book is heavy on concrete descriptions on how to gather and use information.It describes strategies for each part of the season, the advantages of specializing in a conference and how to choose one, and the key factors in game analysis.The methods seem to require a lot of work and very disciplined selections, but remember, we're talking about college basketball here.This is fun analysis.

This book is completely unlike "The Odds," which came out about three years ago.The characters in that story were gambling, something this author would probably never do.He has written a book that teaches, rather than just entertains.
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Over the past century, high school and college athletics have grown into one of America's most beloved--and most controversial--institutions, inspiring great loyalty while sparking fierce disputes.

In this richly detailed book, Pamela Grundy examines the many meanings that school sports took on in North Carolina, linking athletic programs at state universities, public high schools, women's colleges, and African American educational institutions to social and economic shifts that include the expansion of industry, the advent of woman suffrage, and the rise and fall of Jim Crow. Drawing heavily on oral history interviews, Grundy charts the many pleasures of athletics, from the simple joy of backyard basketball to the exhilaration of a state championship run. She also explores conflicts provoked by sports within the state--clashes over the growth of college athletics, the propriety of women's competition, and the connection between sports and racial integration, for example. Within this chronicle, familiar athletic narratives take on new meanings, moving beyond timeless stories of courage, fortitude, or failure to illuminate questions about race, manhood and womanhood, the purpose of education, the meaning of competition, and the structure of American society. ... Read more

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From the first intercollegiate game--Rutgers vs. Princeton in 1869-through the 2003 season, James Quirk's The Ultimate Guide to College Football compiles the complete records of all 117 Division 1-A collegiate football teams. A crucial handbook for college football fans, coaches, players, sports reporters, or anyone interested in the history of college football, it collects the major team and conference records into a single volume. This nearly five-hundred-page compendium includes the teams' locations, nicknames, school colors, conference affiliations, and even stadium capacity. It features Quirk's brief history of college football, the results of bowl games, and the final rankings of teams for each season. The Ultimate Guide to College Football also includes the All America teams, the records of service teams from more than 130 military bases and camps, an extensive list of awards, and a comprehensive history of changes to the rules. This is the most complete and authoritative reference book on college football ever available. James Quirk's The Ultimate Guide to College Football is an essential resource for any student of the sport. ... Read more

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Great Statistical Guide
I have been looking for a book like this for a long time.It lists the W-L-T records for each season of all 1-A team.A tremendous reference guide. ... Read more

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Each of the well-researched chapters in this comprehensive volume makes a singular contribution to understanding the complexities of diversity and social justice in college sports. Chapters are grouped into sections that address major components: Historical Analysis Social Justice and Cultural Concerns African American Coaching and Other Leadership Opportunities Media, Media Images, and Stereotyping Intersection of Race, Sport, and Law Sport Administration/Management: Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender Looking Toward the Future ... Read more

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Great Information, but Poorly written
Book so poorly written I would tell you to pass. I have read the book cover to cover. The information contained in the book is excellent and worthy of 5 stars , but I gave it three stars because it is so poorly organized and written. The author seem uncertain about whom he has written the book for. One minute he is addressing the student athlete, the next the parent. The information in the first Chapter is too perplexing for most high school athletes, and Chapter 6,7, 8 are tooelementary for most parents. Chapter 3: "what coaches want is" reads very awkwardly, and I needed to read it twice to understand the chapter. Sadly, I recommend you pass on this book,A better book is,"The High School Athlete's Guide to College Sports: How to Market Yourself to the School of Your Dreams".

Best book in college recruiting hands down!
I have read over 7 books that compete in the college athlete recruiting area and this book is the most complete and revealing.Prospective student athlete examples of success and pitfalls are very revealing.Addresses many sports with great detail from students prospective.Book has an in depth analysis of coaches observations and what they are looking for in student athlete and makes some of the other books seem like basic outlines with bullit points.An easy read for me in one sitting.I could not put it down!

Student anecdotes here are valuable!
College sports recruiting is complicated -- NCAA restrictions on coaches (they used to text athletes, now they can't, etc.) are hard to keep up with and it is difficult to "position" the athlete among so many others.Further, even inadvertent mistakes can crush an application.Brown's key forte is tieing the rules and the advice directly into vignettes featuring various athletes at various times in the process.The vignettes give reality (and personality) to what in many other books on this subject is dry exposition of "just the facts, maam."Brown still is an active High School coach, so lives this stuff every day.Highly recommended.

Great Guide for any College Athlete
This book provides helpful instruction on the ins and outs of maneuvering through the complexities of college scholarships in a concise and easy to read format.This is a great guide for any athlete preparing for college.

Good, solid read with extremely useful information
I use to work in the recruiting office of a Major BIG XII university.From that first hand experience, I understand the things that can get the attention of the sports staff for future recruits.One top of all that, I have a cousin who is a D1 (FBS) player in soccer at a ACC school.This book provides fact, that is invaluable.It is a shame that I did not have this idea, or have this book for my cousin's parents.A must read. ... Read more

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Rodeo, the sport of epic legends. Cowboys and cowgirls use brain and brawn to contend for prizes and placement, but more often than not, it is the prestige of honorable competition that spurs them on. College Rodeo covers the history of the sport on college campuses from the first organized contest in 1920 to the national championship of 2003.

In the early years of the twentieth century, a growing number of kids from farms and ranches attended college, many choosing the land grant institutions that allowed them to prepare for agricultural careers back home. They brought with them a love for the skills, challenges, and competition they had known-a taste for rodeo. The first-ever college rodeo was held in 1920 at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, as Texas A&M was then known. It offered bronco busting, goat roping, saddle racing, polo, a greased pig contest, and country music. The rodeo was a fund-raising effort that grew enormously popular; by its third year, the rodeo at Texas A&M drew some fifteen hundred people. The idea spread to other campuses, and in 1939, the first intercollegiate rodeo with eleven colleges and universities competing was held at the ranch arena of an entrepreneur near Victorville, California.

Since that time, college rodeo has thrived on campuses throughout the West. Sylvia Gann Mahoney now presents the first history of the sport, tracing its growth parallel to that of professional rodeo and the development of the organizational structure that today governs college rodeo. She draws on personal interviews as well as the archives of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association and newspaper accounts from participating schools and their hometowns.

Mahoney chronicles the events, profiles winners, highlights outstanding individuals, and analyzes the organizational efforts that have contributed to the colorful history of college rodeo. She traces the changing role of women and notes their victories, which were ignored by much of the contemporary press in the early days of the sport.

College Rodeo gives credit to the pioneers of college rodeo and includes rare photographs of rodeo teams, champions, and rodeo queens, blended with the true-to-life details of sweat ... Read more

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Columbus, Ohio, may be the closest thing to college football's epicenter, situated as it is in the sport's "cradle." And Ohio State football fans have been rocking that cradle for 114 years, exhorting their mighty Buckeyes in the bruising wars of the Big Ten conference since 1890. From the school's stable of Heisman Trophy winners to fabled coaches Paul Brown and Woody Hayes to the 2002 national championship team, football rules autumn in famed Ohio Stadium.

BUCKEYE MADNESS is the story of Ohio State football. Here are the legendary Chic Harley, Les Horvath, Hopalong Cassady, Archie Griffin, Eddie George, and other stars; eight championship teams; the explosive rivalry with archrival Michigan; the all-time Ohio State team; and the rosters from each national championship team. All of this is in the words of the players themselves, the coaches, opponents, fans, and members of the media. It's the ultimate three yards and a cloud of dust! ... Read more

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Simply the Best
Love the Bucks? Then this is your book. Sure there are some quibbles. I would have preferred more time with the Rex Kern-Jack Tatum-Leo Hayden-John Brockington team. Some mention of the Bubba Smith-Jimmy Raye embarassment in Columbus and the resulting hatred of Duffy Daugherty by Woody Hayes would have been nice. Also more than a mention of Cornelius Greene please. But regardless, this book made my hands sweat and my eyes mist. ... Read more

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In 1892, the men of Biddle University met their counterparts form nearby Livingstone College for a "match game of ball" on a snow-covered field in Salisbury, North Carolina, 23 years after Princeton and Rutgers had inaugurated college football. The Biddle and Livingstone players had no idea they were pioneering the sport for black colleges, yet that's exactly what they did on December 27 of that year. Biddle took a controversial 4-0 decision and football at black colleges was off and running. This book documents the players, coaches, schools, and other entitles which have participated in this rich athletic history which recently celebrated its centennial. ... Read more

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American History Through Sports
I understand that when Michael Hurd was putting together this book and calling historically black colleges to talk to them about their long-gone football programs, some college employees responded with, "We used to have a football program?" This is not a book of just names, dates and places -- it describes a unique time and the very unique culture that surrounded football at historically black colleges, and programs that, at the time, were storied and exhaulted. This peek into the past should prove interesting to anyone interested in the cultural aspects of American history, not just people who like American football (which I don't, by the way). For what it is -- a very targeted history book about a very particular period and practice -- I give it four stars. Obviously a labor of love by the author. ... Read more

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Audiences: A supplemental text for undergraduate or graduate students in sport law courses in sport management, physical education, or recreation curriculums. Reference for libraries, sport officials, and paralegals.

Case Studies in Sport Law gives students an inside view of some of the most significant cases in sport law history--while dispensing with the legal jargon. This approach makes the book an ideal supplement for non-law students who want to understand the legal issues without having to wade through the legalese or needing a law school background to understand the cases. The cases are to the point and filled with real-life applications for sport management students.

To ensure that the most relevant cases were included in the text, a panel of experts selected 90 classic and modern cases using the Delphi technique. The cases represent the breadth of sport law affecting interscholastic and recreational programs, school districts, colleges and universities, pro sport franchises, sporting good manufacturers, and governing bodies. This expansive treatment allows students to recognize the considerable presence of legal issues in the sport industry, including the areas that the students are intending to enter.

Case Studies in Sport Law presents heavily abridged versions of the cases, allowing students to focus on the relevant details of the case rather than extraneous legal discussion. The text will help students grasp important concepts and generate thought on key topics that relate to the material in sport law texts and on subject matter that will be useful in their careers. These cases are split into the main subject areas common to sport law courses: antitrust law, constitutional law, contract law, employment law, intellectual property, products liability, statutory law, Title IX, and tort law.

Students also have online access to extended versions of the cases, where more detail and depth are provided. This allows instructors the flexibility of guiding students to basic comprehension of a case's facts or to a more complex understanding of the issues involved. The online student resource features questions that students can fill out electronically and then print and submit or e-mail to their instructors. Instructors will also gain assistance in teaching with the online instructor guide that includes the extended versions of the cases, answers to the review questions found in the student resource, and a case finder.

To facilitate reading and discussion, Case Studies in Sport Law offers

• 10 to 12 short-answer questions per case, available electronically, which test students' comprehension and promote discussion;
• brief chapter introductions that note the key issues and prepare the students on what to look for in the cases they are about to read; and
• a case finder, in which students and instructors can easily find the cases that meet their needs; the electronic format allows for cases to be sorted by case dates, key terms, and other variables.

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Don't order from this vendor
I ordered this book 2 weeks prior to a 5 week summer class. Going into the last week of class I still hadn't received the book, so I emailed the seller. He responded that he had totally forgot to mail it out. I asked for a refund instead, and he never responded. He just sent the book and hoped I'd forget about the refund. Very unprofessional and unorganized. Purchasing from him jeopardized my grade in my master's class, don't make the same mistake I did! ... Read more

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Perhaps no symbol in college football is as easily recognized as the Hook 'em 'Horns of Texas Longhorns football. The longtime powerhouse has recorded two national championships and hatched a pair of Heisman Trophy running backs in its 113 years of gridiron greatness.
Longhorn legends abound: Bobby Layne, James "Jackrabbit" Saxton, Tommy Nobis, Earl Campbell, Chris Gilbert, Steve Worster, Ricky Williams, Cedric Benson, Derrick Johnson, and Vince Young among others—all have illuminated the Longhorn landscape with brilliant play. And then there are the great coaches and the fabled rivalries with Oklahoma and Arkansas. In all, the Burnt Orange and White have left an indelible brand on the open range of collegiate grid annals.
Longhorn Madness is the timeless story of University of Texas football. Its star players, teams, bitter rivals, and magical moments are presented in compelling quotations by Longhorn players, coaches, opponents, fans, and members of the media. Special chapters highlight the all-time Texas team, the great Earl Campbell, and the complete rosters of the Longhorns' national championship teams. ... Read more

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All things Longhorn
Reviewed by David Olvera for Reader Views (5/07)

If ever there was a Bible of quotes on the subject of The University of Texas Longhorn's football, "Longhorn Madness" is it.You'll be hard pressed to acquire a more comprehensive group of quotations on UT football as Wilton Sharpe has managed to corral.Sharpe does a good job of avoiding a shotgun approach by arranging his cornucopia of quotes into relevant chapters and themes.Sharpe includes some ancient, old, and new school.From the 1890s (I'm not kidding...) to Darrell Royal on up to Vince Young, Sharpe leaves no stone unturned.He even reaches across the aisles to sworn enemies to get their take on the Burnt Orange phenomenon.

Sharpe could have left it at that and would have pieced together a decent sports book, but he takes it one step further.In between all the pigskin talk he includes short narratives of key historical and legendary events.So in case you're overwhelmed by the Longhorn quotes stampede you can rest your eyes on a quick story here and there.Sharpe also includes nifty rosters of all the UT Championship teams at the end of the book.

"Longhorn Madness" also includes some pictures along the way.Most of the portraits are pretty good for black and white paperback copy, but others leave something to be desired.All in all, the only downside of the book is couple of grainy pictures here and there.The cover is appropriately burnt orange with a great shot of Vince Young running through a pack of Mizzou Tigers.

Now I'd say that this book could be destined to any fan's Lavatory Readers Club, but it has more practical applications."Longhorn Madness" presents the reader with a great tool for research.Any kid writing about the Longhorns for a school paper or a sports writer looking for some good copy can use the book to their advantage.Sharpe has done a lot of work and people can take advantage of his research.To sum it up, it's a great archive of all things Longhorns from the guys who walked the walked. ... Read more

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Of all major intercollegiate sports, basketball remains preeminently the one that has never had to yield pride of place to its professional competition. This book is a lavishly illustrated, fact-filled celebration both of college basketball's extraordinary past & of its equally extraordinary present. In its pages you will meet again all the great coaches & their fabulous teams. Here, too, you will see the game-transforming superstars once again in action. Add to that a cornucopia of statistics, nostalgia, historic pictures, & an exciting narrative by one of the nation's foremost sportswriters, & this book becomes a work that few real fans will be able to resist. ... Read more

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The phenomenal popularity of college athletics owes as much to media coverage of games as it does to drum-beating alumni and frantic undergraduates. Play-by-play broadcasts of big college games began in the 1920s via radio, a medium that left much to the listener's imagination and stoked interest in college football. After World War II, the rise of television brought with it network-NCAA deals that reeked of money and fostered bitter jealousies between have and have-not institutions. In Play-by-Play: Radio, Television, and Big-Time College Sport noted author and sports insider Ronald A. Smith examines the troubled relationship between higher education and the broadcasting industry, the effects of TV revenue on college athletics (notably football), and the odds of achieving meaningful reform.

Beginning with the early days of radio, Smith describes the first bowl game broadcasts, the media image of Notre Dame and coach Knute Rockne, and the threat broadcasting seemed to pose to college football attendance. He explores the beginnings of television, the growth of networks, the NCAA decision to control football telecasts, the place of advertising, the role of TV announcers, and the threat of NCAA "Robin Hoods" and the College Football Association to NCAA television control. Taking readers behind the scenes, he explains the culture of the college athletic department and reveals the many ways in which broadcasting dollars make friends in the right places. Play-by-Play is an eye-opening look at the political infighting invariably produced by the deadly combination of university administrators, athletic czars, and huge revenue. ... Read more

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This is a complete guide to the football stadiums of the 114 colleges and universities that are in the NCAA Division I-A. Information for each stadium includes the year it opened, its current seating capacity, its special features, the dates, descriptions, costs and financing of any renovation or addition, and its playing field surface. Related information includes the team mascot, nickname, colors, fight song, and year of the school's first intercollegiate football game. The names and tenure of all athletic directors and head coaches since the stadium opened are provided as well. ... Read more

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Pure Pulp
Another review for this book contends that you can "marvel at the pictures for hours."Absolutely correct.You can marvel at how poor the picture quality is.You can marvel at the terrible grade of paper used.Mostly, you can marvel at the fact that someone actually deemed this worth publishing.

Complete waste of time and money
First, let me clarify my passion for college football: I visit the websites of other teams just to learn their gameday traditions, I follow the stories and histories that make every Saturday game a 'big game,' -heck, I play college video games to "virtually" visit the 117 stadiums that are out there.So when I bought a book calling itself "An Illustrated Guide" to college stadiums, I expect to read a little more than technical data and some very mediocre B&W photos.This book seems slapped together with information that any halfway intellegent fan could look up on the internet (with color photos no less).Adding an extra layer of insult, the book, although published in 2000, still has stadium pictures that are more than several years out of date (i.e. stadiums built pre-1998 are still shown in their "model" phase).

College Football Fan and Fanatics: Do not, I repeat, DO NOT waste your money on this book.Just look up the info on a search engine, you'll get way more information in a much nicer package (or you could buy the latest college football video game and see them all in virtual form).Anyway would be better than this book.

Complete waste of time and money
First, let me clarify my passion for college football: I visit the websites of other teams just to learn their gameday traditions, I follow the stories and histories that make every Saturday game a 'big game,' -heck, I play college video games to "virtually" visit the 117 stadiums that are out there.So when I bought a book calling itself "An Illustrated Guide" to college stadiums, I expect to read a little more than technical data and some very mediocre B&W photos.This book seems slapped together with information that any halfway intellegent fan could look up on the internet (with color photos no less).Adding an extra layer of insult, the book, although published in 2000, still has stadium pictures that are more than several years out of date (i.e. stadiums built pre-1998 are still shown in their "model" phase).

College Football Fan and Fanatics: Do not, I repeat, DO NOT waste your money on this book.Just look up the info on a search engine, you'll get way more information in a much nicer package (or you could buy the latest college football video game and see them all in virtual form).Anyway would be better than this book.

an insightful college football stadium book
This book is an information packed encyclopedia for anyone who is interested in architecture and stadiums, or for anyone who just likes college football. 110 stadiums in lively colorful pictures and surrounded with facts such as capacity, dates, the team, the mascot, information about stadium renovations, and little unique facts that people don't ususlly realize. A great book. Extremely detailed. You can sit and just marvel at the pictures for hours. This is a book not to pass by. There are not many about college stadiums, and this one is the best you will find. ... Read more

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The best book in exercise physiology by far
I teach Physiology and Exercise physiology in Costa Rica.
By far this is the best exercise physiology book ever writen... You find any mechanism... great for teachers and students who want to know a little more

Good service!
I bought this book from Amazon's website recently, and I felt that Amazon's service very much. The context of the book is excellent!

Not for Beginners
I tried reading this book the first time and only understood about 20% of what i was reading. So I stopped, bought and read the book Physiology of Sport and Exercise before reading this one, believe me it makes a big difference. This is an advanced book with advanced terminology, but damn is it thorough. This first few chapters are boring because they mostly talk about the locomotion involved with walking, the spinal cord and nervious system. But when it gets into the skeletal muscle chapters, it get very interesting. I advise anyone who plans on reading this to go through it slowly and highlight or underline the important sentences. Now i probably understand 95% of what I am reading. ... Read more

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Sports Economics will help students understand the business side of sports and how it impacts the games seen at the stadium or in the arena.

KEY TOPICS: Warm-Up: The Business of Sports; Demand and Sports Revenue; The Market for Sports Broadcast Rights; Team Cost, Profit, and Winning; Sports Market Outcomes, Part I: Leagues, Team Location, Expansion, and Negotiations; Sports Market Outcomes, Part II: Leagues and Competitive Balance; The Value of Sports Talent; The History of Player Pay; Labor Relations in Pro Sports; Subsidies and Economic Impact Analysis; The Stadium Mess; Taxes, Antitrust, and Competition Policy; College Sports    

With amusing anecdotes and interesting stories about sports business personalities, this book is for anyone who is involved in the economic side of sports and sports management.

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Textbook
The textbook was shipped quickly and was in perfect condition. The price was extremely reasonable and fair compared to others selling the same book. I would recommend this seller for future purchases as well.

It came so fast, and in great condition
Ok, i ordered this book during class on a tuesday.When i woke up on friday morning.I went to the mail center, and it was sitting there.It shipped from California, and im in Florida.I find this to be amazing. Its like he flew it down himself to get it to me.The book was in brand new condition, as advertised. ... Read more

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Risk management is one of the hottest topics in sport today, and a relatively new companion to sport law. Risk management has important implications for businesses, the insurance and medical industries, and other areas of sport management where minimizing loss exposure is critical to the avoidance of expensive lawsuits in this unprecedentedly litigious age.

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