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Playing the Game: Inside Athletic Recruiting in the Ivy League

Playing The Game offers readers the first detailed, inside look at exactly how the

athletic recruiting game is played by coaches, prospective students, parents,

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administrators, admission officers, and even college presidents in the Ivy League

and its Division III counterpart, the NESCAC. Here is the inside story on why this

specialized process has caused so much controversy on campus and off.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 257 pages

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