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 | Reclaiming the Game: |
Praise for The Game of Life "It may be one of the most important books on higher education published in the last twenty years. It is certainly one of the most interesting." --Louis Menand, The New Yorker "A provocative and important new book . . ." --Robert Lipsyte, --Robert Lipsyte, New York Times "The conclusions are truly depressing and significant. . . . The Game of Life is the most important sports book written in years." --Frank Deford, Sports Illustrated "A landmark study that should be welcomed by college presidents. . . These findings breathe new and potentially subversive life into old doubts about the role of highly competitive collegiate athletics. . ." --John Hoberman, The Wall Street Journal "Makes a compelling case that athletics has utterly warped not only big colleges, but most of education, and in ways that go far beyond the usual allegations of diverting resources and spreading cynicism." --Marc Fisher, The Washington Post "[The Game of Life] does not assign a catalog of sins to sports-minded colleges and universities as does Professor Sperber's book. But it argues compellingly that the influence of intercollegiate sports has greatly intensified in recent years." --William H. Honan, The New York Times "The Shulman-Bowen data show that recruited athletes not only enter selective colleges with weaker academic records than their classmates as a whole, but that, once in college, they consistently underperform academically. . . .Moreover, they say, the academic standing of athletes relative to their classmates has deteriorated markedly in recent years." --Edward B. Fiske, New York Times "A fascinating and important new book about the divergence of college sports and educational values." --Jane Eisner, Philadelphia Enquirer "The Game of Life will have a profound effect on the national debate about professionalized college sports . . ." --William C. Dowling, Newark Star Ledger File created: 1/29/2008 | |
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