Saturday Millionaires: How Winning Football Builds Winning Colleges - Hardcover

Dosh, Kristi

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9781118386651: Saturday Millionaires: How Winning Football Builds Winning Colleges
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1118386655 ISBN 13: 9781118386651
Publisher: Wiley, 2013

Synopsis

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:

Myth #1: All Athletic Departments Are Created Equal
Myth #2: Supporting Football Means Degrading Academics
Myth #3: College Football Players Could Be Paid Like Employees
Myth #4: Football Coaches Are Overpaid
Myth #5: A Playoff Will Bring Equality to College Football
Myth #6: Only a Handful of Athletic Departments Are Self-Sustaining
 

The business of college football is unlike any other business. Saturday Millionaires takes you behind the scenes and teaches you how to understand the industry from the inside out, touching on such subjects as conference realignment, pay-for-play, conference television networks and where all those millions go at the end of the day.

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About the Author

Kristi Dosh is a sports business reporter for ESPN and co-host of "Sports Biz Radio" on 1010XL in Jacksonville, FL. Prior to joining ESPN, she was a practicing attorney and a sports business analyst for Forbes.com, Comcast Sports Southeast, and The Pulse Network. She is a frequent guest on radio shows across the country such as the Tim Brando Show. Kristi is also the founder of BusinessofCollegeSports.com, a nationally recognized news source for the business of college sports.

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Publisher
Wiley
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1118386655
ISBN 13 
9781118386651
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
288
Rating
  • 3.92 out of 5 stars
    79 ratings by Goodreads