{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4417423402","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.70051","title":"Walter Byers and the NCAA : Power, Amateurism, and Growing Controversy in Big\u2010Time College Sport. By Smith, Ronald A., Knoxville, TN : University of Tennessee Press, 2025. 320 pp. $24.95 (hardcover). ISBN: 978\u20101\u201062\u2010190949\u20101","display_name":"Walter Byers and the NCAA : Power, Amateurism, and Growing Controversy in Big\u2010Time College Sport. By Smith, Ronald A., Knoxville, TN : University of Tennessee Press, 2025. 320 pp. $24.95 (hardcover). ISBN: 978\u20101\u201062\u2010190949\u20101","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-12-17","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4417423402","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.70051"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1111/jpcu.70051","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.70051","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.70051","pdf_url":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/jpcu.70051","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S134363990","display_name":"The Journal of Popular Culture","issn_l":"0022-3840","issn":["0022-3840","1540-5931"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["jufo-2","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Journal of Popular Culture","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"book-review","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"bronze","oa_url":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/jpcu.70051","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007539601","display_name":"Cam Mallett","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0158-3692","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0158-3692"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I130769515","display_name":"Pennsylvania State University","ror":"https://ror.org/04p491231","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I130769515"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Cam Mallett","raw_affiliation_strings":["Penn State University  University Park Pennsylvania USA","Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0158-3692","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Penn State University  University Park Pennsylvania USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130769515"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130769515"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5007539601"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130769515"],"apc_list":{"value":2900,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2900},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"59","issue":"2","first_page":"107","last_page":"108"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13296","display_name":"Physical Education and Sports Studies","score":0.8740000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13296","display_name":"Physical Education and Sports Studies","score":0.8740000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10942","display_name":"Sports, Gender, and Society","score":0.06759999692440033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3318","display_name":"Gender Studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14518","display_name":"American Sports and Literature","score":0.052299998700618744,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1202","display_name":"History"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ncaa","display_name":"NCAA","score":0.9190000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/college-athletics","display_name":"college athletics","score":0.9509999752044678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/college-athletics-history","display_name":"college athletics history","score":0.7379999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/amateurism","display_name":"amateurism","score":0.9369999766349792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/college-athletics-administration","display_name":"college athletics administration","score":0.6299999952316284}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162462552","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134307","display_name":"Portrait","level":2,"score":0.7562000155448914},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778061430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188823","display_name":"Scholarship","level":2,"score":0.7236999869346619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C520712124","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36279","display_name":"Biography","level":2,"score":0.6761999726295471},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779387294","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189233","display_name":"Throne","level":3,"score":0.5625},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.49950000643730164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74916050","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q841090","display_name":"Classics","level":1,"score":0.42750000953674316},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780765947","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12033531","display_name":"Administration (probate law)","level":2,"score":0.42160001397132874},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.38659998774528503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C52119013","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50637","display_name":"Art history","level":1,"score":0.3637999892234802},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2994514709","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q267936","display_name":"Executive director","level":2,"score":0.35850000381469727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.34869998693466187},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.31189998984336853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778444522","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1081491","display_name":"Football","level":2,"score":0.30640000104904175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C554144382","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213156","display_name":"Performance art","level":2,"score":0.2847000062465668},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.2806999981403351},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C96820896","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471400","display_name":"Business history","level":2,"score":0.2754000127315521},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29595303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165650","display_name":"Media studies","level":1,"score":0.272599995136261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29598333","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50675","display_name":"Historiography","level":2,"score":0.2687999904155731},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2984969020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65379","display_name":"Virginia tech","level":2,"score":0.2651999890804291},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187288502","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q641118","display_name":"Personality","level":2,"score":0.2565999925136566},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2994386558","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42178","display_name":"Vice president","level":2,"score":0.2526000142097473},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107482638","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q815825","display_name":"Hospitality","level":3,"score":0.2524000108242035}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1111/jpcu.70051","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.70051","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.70051","pdf_url":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/jpcu.70051","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S134363990","display_name":"The Journal of Popular Culture","issn_l":"0022-3840","issn":["0022-3840","1540-5931"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["jufo-2","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Journal of Popular Culture","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1111/jpcu.70051","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.70051","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.70051","pdf_url":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/jpcu.70051","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S134363990","display_name":"The Journal of Popular Culture","issn_l":"0022-3840","issn":["0022-3840","1540-5931"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["jufo-2","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Journal of Popular Culture","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4417423402.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4417423402.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Ronald":[0],"A.":[1],"Smith":[2,89],"demonstrates":[3],"why":[4],"he":[5],"is":[6,26,57],"the":[7,11,24,40,58,71],"leading":[8],"expert":[9],"on":[10],"history":[12,100],"of":[13,34,43,51,60,81,97],"US":[14],"intercollegiate":[15,44],"sport.Like":[16],"Smith's":[17,55],"previous":[18],"10":[19],"books,":[20],"Walter":[21],"Byers":[22],"and":[23,36,46,95,101],"NCAA":[25],"distinguished":[27],"by":[28],"extensive":[29],"archival":[30],"research,":[31],"incisive":[32],"critiques":[33],"institutions,":[35],"timely":[37],"connections":[38],"between":[39],"storied":[41],"past":[42],"athletics":[45],"its":[47],"turbulent":[48],"present.The":[49],"contribution":[50],"this":[52],"book":[53],"to":[54,68],"oeuvre":[56],"portrait":[59],"Byers,":[61],"who":[62],"as":[63],"executive":[64],"director":[65],"from":[66],"1951":[67],"1987":[69],"was":[70],"NCAA's":[72],"biggest":[73,84],"advocate,":[74],"but":[75],"in":[76],"his":[77],"retirement":[78],"became":[79],"one":[80],"college":[82,98],"sport's":[83],"critics.By":[85],"untangling":[86],"that":[87],"contradiction,":[88],"provides":[90],"valuable":[91],"scholarship":[92],"for":[93],"researchers":[94],"teachers":[96],"sports":[99],"administration":[102],"alike.":[103]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-09-11T09:22:31.653822","created_date":"2025-12-17T00:00:00"}