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*The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football-Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 9-17. first edition. Hardback. Very Good/good. jacket design by Michael J Windsor jacket photograph Steve Bronstein. first edition dust jacket is fairly clean, minor amount of wearing on its edges interior the book is clean unfortunately somebody altered back quite a few of the pages for some reason they are shown in the pictures they do not affect the use of the book except there are eight pages or nine. Before that the balance the book is clean very interesting story, small dirt smudged top of the book pages looking down Ward.acket design by Michael J Windsor jacket photograph Steve Bronstein looks DEEP BEHIND THE SCENES OF BIG-TIME NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: THE PASSION, THE THRILLING ACTION--AND THE SHOCKING REALITIES THAT LIE BENEATH THIS COLOSSAL, MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS. A lot like soul influenc did with basketball. The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-time College Football Authors Jeff Benedict, Armen Keteyian Edition illustrated Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2013 ISBN 0385536615, 9780385536615 Length 416 pages Subjects Sports & Recreation Football .-LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it in transit - throw -able .... sent media mail - 7 days usually coast to coast, less if closer.. - odd box 1 bib 1671
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  • Title The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football
  • Author Jeff Benedict
  • Illustrator jacket design by Michael J Windsor jacket photograph Steve Bronstein
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition first edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, U.S.A.
  • Date 9-17
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1671
  • ISBN 9780385536615 / 0385536615
  • Weight 1.69 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.53 x 6.3 x 1.36 in (24.21 x 16.00 x 3.45 cm)
  • Reading level 980
  • Library of Congress subjects Football, College sports - United States
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.332

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JEFF BENEDICT is one of the country’s top investigative reporters. He is a special features contributor for Sports Illustrated and the author of ten critically acclaimed books, including Pros and Cons and Out of Bounds. His essays and articles have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications.
 
ARMEN KETEYIAN is a CBS News correspondent based in New York and the lead correspondent for 60 Minutes Sports on Showtime. An eleven-time Emmy Award winner, he is widely regarded as one of the finest investigative journalists in the country. He is also the author or coauthor of nine previous books, including Money Players and Raw Recruits.

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"The best book on the sport written in years (and that's coming from someone who has written a couple). The System will shock fans as the saturation reporting peels back the veneer on everything from coaching politics, to sexual tension in tutoring labs, to the role of recruiting hostesses, to back-stabbing conference realignment, to super boosters, and so on. Even the hardcore fans, though, will be surprised -- everyone knows this is a wild business, just not in such detail...There's just no way a college football fan won't devour this book."
--Dan Wetzel, Yahoo!Sports

"The System is hands-down the best college football book I've ever read. It is that rare non-fiction book that reads like a great crime novel in that you just can't put it down. The System covers the good, the bad and the ugly in the world of college football, including an inside look at a walk-on being picked in the first round of the NFL draft, big-time college football scandals and an epidemic of criminal behavior by players on campus. It's a completely unvarnished look at the second-most popular sport in the country that will leave you aghast at the underworld that exists beneath college stadiums."
--Jim Weber, LostLettermen.com

"There is a major storm brewing on college football's horizon. At the eye of the storm is a book that is a must-read for hardcore college football fans who want to know the truth about 'The System.'"
--Frank Cooney, The Sports Exchange

"[A] harrowing and occasionally uplifting journey -- or literary trip -- through recent history and across the country's most football-obsessed campuses."
--Harvey Araton, The New York Times

"One of the most sweeping yet meticulously researched books ever written on big-time college football...."The System" isn't just a good read. For anyone who cares about major college athletics, it is a vital read. "The System" isn't about one aspect of college football. It's about every aspect....arresting....in the end, the beauty is not in the shock value, but in the detail, shocking and mundane, that is so carefully presented."
--The Hartford Courant

"The System is a broad survey of the machinery of college football: the money and marketing, the recruiting and classroom pampering, the off-the-books privileges. The authors trace the efforts of various programs and coaches who try to avoid the excess and trickery and do right by their student-athletes. But clearly the system is hard to beat, and it has a corrupting effect on nearly everyone involved."
--The Wall Street Journal


"I just read and can't stop extolling The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian (reviewed below). I expected scandal, I expected feel-good stories; what I didn't expect was a book so riveting that I missed my bus stop...Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian have given us a thrilling read."
--Marilyn Dahl, editor, Shelf Awareness for Readers

About the author

JEFF BENEDICT is one of the country s top investigative reporters. He is a special features contributor for "Sports Illustrated" and the author of ten critically acclaimed books, including "Pros and Cons" and "Out of Bounds." His essays and articles have appeared in the "New York Times," "Newsweek "and the "Los Angeles Times, " among other publications.
ARMEN KETEYIAN is a CBS News correspondent based in New York and the lead correspondent for "60 Minutes Sports" on Showtime. An eleven-time Emmy Award winner, he is widely regarded as one of the finest investigative journalists in the country. He is also the author or coauthor of nine previous books, including "Money Players" and "Raw Recruits.""

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