ISBN The System

The System

A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year 

NCAA football is big business. Every Saturday millions of people file into massive stadiums or tune in on television as “athlete-students” give everything they’ve got to make their team a success. Billions of dollars now flow into the game. But what is the true cost? The players have no share in the oceans of money. And once the lights go down, the glitter doesn’t shine so brightly. Filled with mind-blowing details of major NCAA football scandals, with stops at Ohio State, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Missouri, BYU, LSU, Texas A&M and many more, The System explores and exposes the complex, and perhaps broken, machine that churns behind the glamour of college football. 

With a New Afterword.


About author(s)
JEFF BENEDICT is one of the country’s top investigative reporters. He is a special features contributor for Sports Illustrated and the author of ten critically acclaimed books, including Pros and Cons and Out of Bounds.  His essays and articles have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times among other publications, and have been the basis of segments on 60 Minutes, ABC’s 20/20, NBC’s Dateline, HBO’s Real Sports, and the Discovery Channel. He has a law degree and is a Distinguished Professor of Writing and Mass Media at Southern Virginia University.

ARMEN KETEYIAN is a CBS News correspondent based in New York and the lead correspondent for “60 Minutes Sports” on Showtime. An 11-time Emmy Award winner he is widely regarded as one of the finest investigative journalists in the country. He is also the author or co-author of nine previous books, including Money Players, Raw Recruits, and the autobiographies of Hall of Fame pitcher Catfish Hunter and HOF linebacker Mike Singletary.