B David Ridpath: 2 books
Tainted Glory
Marshall University, the Ncaa, and One Man’S Fight for Justice
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
In 1997, Dave Ridpath walked onto the campus of Marshall University as a sports-loving athletic administrator with a career on the rise. Less than five years later, Ridpaths quest to reform one of the most corrupt athletic departments in college sports, while simultaneously standing up to the behemoth...
Alternative Models of Sports Development in America
Solutions to a Crisis in Education and Public Health
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
In the United States, the entanglement of sports and education has persisted for over a century. Multimillion-dollar high school football stadiums, college coaches whose salaries are many times those of their institutions’ presidents, psychological and educational tolls on student-athletes, and...