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Author:
O'Bannon, Ed, 1972- author.
Title:
Court justice : the inside story of my battle against the NCAA / Ed O'Bannon with Michael McCann ; foreword by Jeremy Schaap.
Edition:
First Diversion Books edition.
Publisher:
Diversion Booksa division of Diversion Publishing Corp.,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
ix, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
O'Bannon, Ed,--1972-
National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Basketball players--United States--Biography.
College athletes--United States--Biography.
Sports--Law and legislation--United States.
College sports--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Basketball.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Sociology of Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects.
Autobiographies.
Other Authors:
McCann, Michael A., author.
Schaap, Jeremy, writer of foreword.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
The Clarion call -- From one to many -- Trust the process -- Tip-off nears -- Game time -- The two faces of college sports -- The real jurors -- The many ways of valuing college athletes' identities -- Judging the judge -- Hoops economics -- Closure -- The win, the appeal and the wait -- Victory at last -- Call to action: my twelve ideas for fixing college sports.
Summary:
Gripping memoir about college basketball by game-changing, decorated veteran player Ed O'Bannon, with his co-writer Michael McCann, as they dig deep into O'Bannon's champion athletics and his radical act to bring a watershed, winning legal case against the Goliath that is the NCAA.
ISBN:
1635762626
9781635762624
OCLC:
(OCoLC)996998780
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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