Publisher's Synopsis
One hundred and seven times during the 1980s, sports fans from Poughkeepsie to Puget Sound, from Minneapolis to Miami, opened their morning newspapers and learned that their favourite university has lost the ultimate contest -- a battle with the NCAA. The 'crimes' always were well-displayed and the punishments often severe. But what those fans -- and the reporters who cover those stories -- never see is how the NCAA's system of 'justice' really works. Who determined the punishment their school received? Who were the investigators on those cases? How well were they trained? Do Yaeger, an award-winning investigative reporter, spent more than two years and compiled more than 300 hours of taped interviews asking those questions and more of coaches, athletic directors, students and NCAA officials. The answers spelled out in this book may be shocking to the average sports fan.
