{"product_id":"9781608197217","title":"Illegal Procedure : A Sports Agent Comes Clean on the Dirty Business of College Football","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIllegal Procedure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Josh Luchs, James Dale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fifteen years, sports agent Josh Luchs made  illegal deals with numerous college athletes, from top-tier, nationally  recognized phenoms to late-round draft picks. Flagrantly flaunting NCAA  and NFL Players Association rules, he made no-interest loans to players  in exchange for the promise of representation on their lucrative pro  contracts. After cleaning up his act in 2003, he moved to a new agency,  only to be targeted and pushed out of the business for a new  violation-one he arguably did not commit. Then, in October 2010, Luchs  wrote a confessional article in \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, telling the truth about what he did and didn't do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Since then he has taken on a new role: whistle-blowing, truth-telling  reformer. And in telling his own story, Luchs pulls back the curtain on  the real economy of college football: how agents win players legally and  otherwise, the staggering sums colleges make from an unpaid workforce,  the shortfalls of supposed full-ride scholarships, and the myth of a  college education given to scholarship jocks. Including new information  about major players and scandalized programs such as USC, Auburn, and  Ohio State, this book pulls no punches. It's a stunning and necessary  read for anyone who loves the game, and the first step toward fixing a  broken system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781608197217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40628053999822,"sku":"9781608197217","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_882cdd3d-32e8-4e40-afb0-bad9efb9b801.jpg?v=1638755674","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781608197217","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}