Controversies in College Sports
1. 
The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football
by:
Jeff Benedict
4.05 avg rating — 4,257 ratings 2. 
The Cartel: Inside the Rise and Imminent Fall of the NCAA
by:
Taylor Branch
3.98 avg rating — 224 ratings 3. 
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
by:
Jon Krakauer
4.12 avg rating — 57,731 ratings 
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A Payroll to Meet: A Story of Greed, Corruption, and Football at SMU
by:
David Whitford
4.08 avg rating — 225 ratings 7. 
Cheated: The UNC Scandal, the Education of Athletes, and the Future of Big-Time College Sports
by:
Jay M. Smith
3.76 avg rating — 167 ratings 8. 
Champions Way: Football, Florida, and the Lost Soul of College Sports
by:
Mike McIntire
3.76 avg rating — 160 ratings 9. 
Violated: Exposing Rape at Baylor University amid College Football's Sexual Assault Crisis
by:
Paula Lavigne
4.13 avg rating — 301 ratings 10. 
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The New Plantation: Black Athletes, College Sports, and Predominantly White NCAA Institutions
by:
Billy Hawkins
3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings 13. 
How March Became Madness: How the NCAA Tournament Became the Greatest Sporting Event in America
by:
Eddie Einhorn
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 36 ratings 14. 
Indian Spectacle: College Mascots and the Anxiety of Modern America 3.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
15. 
Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case 4.03 avg rating — 497 ratings
17. 
Beer and Circus: How Big-Time College Sports Is Crippling Undergraduate Education 3.60 avg rating — 353 ratings
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Reclaiming the Game: College Sports and Educational Values (The William G. Bowen Series)
by:
William G. Bowen
4.08 avg rating — 24 ratings 18. 
Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape
by:
Jessica Luther
4.26 avg rating — 373 ratings 20. 
Tribal: College Football and the Secret Heart of America
by:
Diane Roberts
3.59 avg rating — 165 ratings 21. 
22. 
Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime, and Complicity
by:
Ken Armstrong
4.06 avg rating — 460 ratings 23. 
How to Rig the NCAA Basketball Championship for Fun and Profit
by:
James Wolfe
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings 24. 
Behind the Hedges: Big Money and Power Politics at the University of Georgia
by:
Richard Whitt
3.67 avg rating — 36 ratings 25. 
Tainted Glory: Marshall University, the NCAA, and One Man's Fight for Justice
by:
B. David Ridpath
3.65 avg rating — 26 ratings 26. 
College Athletes for Hire: The Evolution and Legacy of the NCAA's Amateur Myth
by:
Allen L. Sack
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings 
28. 
Undue Process: The NCAA's Injustice for All
by:
Don Yaeger
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings 29. 
The Supreme Court and the NCAA: The Case for Less Commercialism and More Due Process in College Sports
by:
Brian L. Porto
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 30. 
Death Comes to Happy Valley: Penn State and the Tragic Legacy of Joe Paterno
by:
Jonathan Mahler
3.66 avg rating — 161 ratings 
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A Question of Honor: The Cheating Scandal That Rocked Annapolis and a Midshipman Who Decided to Tell the Truth
by:
Jeffrey Gantar
3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings 33. 
Billion-Dollar Ball: A Journey Through the Big-Money Culture of College Football
by:
Gilbert M. Gaul
3.87 avg rating — 637 ratings 34. 
35. 
A Place on the Team: The Triumph and Tragedy of Title IX
by:
Welch Suggs
3.49 avg rating — 35 ratings 36. 
Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen
by:
Katina Powell
2.73 avg rating — 137 ratings 37. 
Games Colleges Play: Scandal and Reform in Intercollegiate Athletics
by:
John R. Thelin
3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings 38. 
Lenny, Lefty, and the Chancellor: The Len Bias Tragedy and the Search for Reform in Big-Time College Basketball 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings
39. 
The Stronger Women Get, the More Men Love Football: Sexism and the American Culture of Sports 3.86 avg rating — 81 ratings
42. 
Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA
by:
Joe Nocera
3.97 avg rating — 476 ratings 43. 
The Athletic Trap: How College Sports Corrupted the Academy
by:
Howard L. Nixon
4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings 44. 
Ethics and College Sports: Ethics, Sports, and the University
by:
Peter A. French
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 45. 
Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in Southern College Sports, 1890-1980 3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings
46. 
Illegal Procedure: A Sports Agent Comes Clean on the Dirty Business of College Football
by:
Josh Luchs
3.47 avg rating — 245 ratings 47. 
The Athletics Incubus: How College Sports Undermine College Education
by:
Andrew Hacker
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 48. 
College Sports Inc.: How Commercialism Influences Intercollegiate Athletics (SpringerBriefs in Economics) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Native American Mascot Controversy: A Handbook
by:
C. Richard King
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 50. 
Unpaid Professionals: Commercialism and Conflict in Big-Time College Sports 3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Rip-Off U: The Annual Theft and Exploitation of Major College Revenue Producing Student-Athletes
by:
Dick DeVenzio
4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings 55. 
Diversity and Social Justice in College Sports Sports: Sport Management and The Student Athlete
by:
Dana Brooks
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 56. 
Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University: A University President's Perspective 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Price of Silence: The Duke Lacrosse Scandal, the Power of the Elite, and the Corruption of Our Great Universities
by:
William D. Cohan
3.48 avg rating — 357 ratings