Professional football scouts: An investigation of racial stacking

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 356-375

  Woodward, J R ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 12444253882     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.21.4.356     Document Type: Review

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