{"product_id":"illegal-procedure-a-sports-agent-comes-clean-on-the-dirty-business-of-college-football-9781608197217","title":"Illegal Procedure: A Sports Agent Comes Clean on the Dirty Business of College Football","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Josh Luchs\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Business Aspects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fifteen years, sports agent Josh Luchs made illegal deals with numerous college athletes, from top-tier, nationally recognized phenoms to late-round draft picks. Flagrantly flaunting NCAA and NFL Players Association rules, he made no-interest loans to players in exchange for the promise of representation on their lucrative pro contracts. After cleaning up his act in 2003, he moved to a new agency, only to be targeted and pushed out of the business for a new violation-one he arguably did not commit. Then, in October 2010, Luchs wrote a confessional article in \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, telling the truth about what he did and didn't do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Since then he has taken on a new role: whistle-blowing, truth-telling reformer. And in telling his own story, Luchs pulls back the curtain on the real economy of college football: how agents win players legally and otherwise, the staggering sums colleges make from an unpaid workforce, the shortfalls of supposed full-ride scholarships, and the myth of a college education given to scholarship jocks. Including new information about major players and scandalized programs such as USC, Auburn, and Ohio State, this book pulls no punches. It's a stunning and necessary read for anyone who loves the game, and the first step toward fixing a broken system.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45084389769367,"sku":"9781608197217","price":420.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781608197217.webp?v=1767636789","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/illegal-procedure-a-sports-agent-comes-clean-on-the-dirty-business-of-college-football-9781608197217","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}