Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/QOmN16J College Sports Inc. How Commercialism Influences Intercollegiate Athletics By: Frank P. Jozsa Jr. Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9781461449683, 1461449685 eText ISBN: 9781461449690, 1461449693 Copyright year: 2013 Format: EPUB Available from $ 69.99 USD SKU 9781461449690 For several decades in America, athletic programs in colleges and universities received financial support and resources primarily from their respective schools and such sources as alumni and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). More recently, however, college coaches assigned to athletic departments and the presidents and marketing or public relations officials of schools organize, initiate, and participate in fund-raising campaigns and thus obtain a portion of revenue for their sports programs from local, regional and national businesses, and from other private donors, groups, and organizations. Because of this inflow of assets and financial capital, intercollegiate athletic budgets and types of sports expanded and in turn, these programs became increasingly important, popular, and reputable as revenue and cost centers within American schools of higher education.
