Cheating the Spread

Cheating the Spread
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Gamblers, Point Shavers, and Game Fixers in College Football and Basketball

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فرمت کتاب

ebook

تاریخ انتشار

2012

نویسنده

Albert J. Figone

شابک

9780252094453
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نقد و بررسی

Booklist

November 15, 2012
College sports and point-shaving have a long history. No surprise, given that college athletes are often cash-strapped kids on scholarship from poor backgrounds. In the current environment, they exist in a hypocritical environment in which it may seem that everyone around them, from coaches to administrators, is getting rich off their athletic abilities. Figone, a former head coach in college and high school, has written a carefully researched and annotated history of game fixing in college basketball and football. Basketball, of course, has been the favorite of fixers through the years, likely because there are fewer variables (players) competing and a couple of key basketball players can have a very effective yet subtle influence on a game. Gambling and fixing games became a real issue after WWII and was centered on the East Coast. But it quickly spread. Figone presents the various scandals in great detail yet generally avoids moral condemnation. He's written a history, not a sermon. A compelling, informative look into the dark side of collegiate athletics.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2012, American Library Association.)




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