The Sports Industry's War on Athletes

The Sports Industry's War on Athletes

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-199

  Finley, Peter ^a   Finley, Laura ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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