NCAA football is big business. Every Saturday millions of people file into massive stadiums or tune in on television as "athlete-students" give everything they've got to make their team a success. Billions of dollars now flow into the game. But what is the true cost? The players have no share in the oceans of money. And once the lights go down, the glitter doesn't shine so brightly. Filled with mind-blowing details of major NCAA football scandals, with stops at Ohio State, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Missouri, BYU, LSU, Texas A&M and many more, The System explores and exposes the complex, and perhaps broken, machine that churns behind the glamour of college football.
With a New Afterword.
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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Damn. When I wanted to know about football as a kid, I read The System by Jeff Benedict and Coach was one of the chronicled characters. He did work for CFB and I think it’s all the poorer without him https://t.co/Jx6lcd1Pgi
"One of the most sweeping yet meticulously researched books ever written on big-time college football. . . . A vital read."--The Hartford Courant
"The System is a broad survey of the machinery of college football."--The Wall Street Journal