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292 - College Sports is Looking a Lot Like 19th Century Baseball w/ John A. Fortunato

292 - College Sports is Looking a Lot Like 19th Century Baseball w/ John A. Fortunato22 jun54 min

Between players jumping contracts and entangling themselves in gambling scandals; the lack of a clear, consistent enforcement authority and conference (league) realignments, one could easily confuse current state of the NCAA with the chaotic state of 19th Century baseball. This week, John A. Fortunato joins us to make sense of college sports today. Fortunato is a professor of communications and media management at Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business. His research interests include...