Bibliograph

Playing the game, inside athletic recruiting in the Ivy League, Chris Lincoln ; foreword by Jay Fiedler

Type

Label

Playing the game, inside athletic recruiting in the Ivy League, Chris Lincoln ; foreword by Jay Fiedler

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Playing the game

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

443273463

Responsibility statement

Chris Lincoln ; foreword by Jay Fiedler

Sub title

inside athletic recruiting in the Ivy League

Summary

This inside look at the athletic recruiting process reveals exactly how the athletic recruiting game is played by coaches, prospects, parents, administrators, admissions officers, and even college presidents in the Ivy League and NESCAC. This book tells how Trinity College became better than Harvard, Princeton, and Yale in squash by recruiting around the world to capture the national title; why a Brown lacrosse coach left the Ivy League recruiting rat race to seek a more sane lifestyle at Bates; and how the admission deans at Princeton, Brown, and Dartmouth view the whole athletic recruiting p

Table Of Contents

Ground rules -- Big time player -- Not your average boosters -- On the road -- Lists & liaisons -- The closing -- Performance anxiety -- Show me the money -- Studs, lies & videotape -- Under fire -- Better than Harvard, Princeton & Yale -- From Brown to Bates: seeking sanity in the NESCAC -- No end in sight

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