John Thelin realized that intercollegiate athletics were out of control. Players no longer considered themselves student-athletes, and were even a

This book was very well written and was easy to understand due to the organization of the chapters that were divided into categories. Thelin's goal was to help athletes and teacher's realize what is happening. He made a very convincing argument and definitely convinced me that intercollegiate athletics are taking away from education. Thelin also made me realize that there are other problems with college athletics besides education. He sums one of his articles up by saying:

The court is not saying that athletes are incapable of scholarship:however they are given little incentive to be scholars and few people care how the student athlete performs academically, including the athletes themselves. If this situation causes harm to the university, it's because they have fostered it and they should be the ones to suffer.

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Approximate Word count = 561
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)