Bowls versus playoffs: The impact on football player graduation rates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-195

  Amato, Louis ^a   Gandar, John M ^a   Tucker, Irvin B ^a   Zuber, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 0041624248     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0272-7757(96)00002-7     Document Type: Article

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