The Pony Trap by Of English David Blewett
Forget everything you think you know about SMU Football and the infamous Death Penalty. Previous accounts told the story from the perspective of the NCA or of the news media and hyped the scandal for personal gain. The story as they told it, was one of corruption and of the under resourced NCA struggling mightily to clean up rampant cheating within the college ranks. In The Pony Trap, former SMU football player and member of the Death Penalty team David Blewett, backs into the motivation to find out what really happened. His daughter innocently asks, Daddy, did you do anything wrong when you played football for SMU? Blewett embarks on a journey of remembrance and discovery. Along the way he decides to get back in football playing shape and pushes the NCA to reinstate his eligibility to play his last year of football at age 45. He reestablishes old friendships and engages with the current athletic department at SMU for the first time. It's a story of football, it's a story of struggle, and it's a story of the numerous traps set for the team and for SMU. What you thought you knew about the biggest scandal in NCA history is not what happened. The truth is, it was much bigger than SMU, and it involved the corruption of the NCA itself. The Pony Trap shines a light on the beginnings of college football and the evolution of the NCA. It examines the preferential treatment of the University of Texas vs. the biased treatment of SMU. It presents a balanced and accurate picture of what the SMU football team was really like. In the end, Blewett answers his daughter and sets the record straight. SMU wasn't handed the Death Penalty, SMU was trapped and forced into the Death Penalty. There was no way out. For hard cover copies, radio interviews, and more information.please see www.ThePonyTrap.com
Blewett, David: - David Blewett is Professor of English at McMaster University, and the Editor of Eighteenth-Century Fiction.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780985988302 |
| ISBN 10 | 0985988304 |
| Title | The Pony Trap |
| Author | Of English David Blewett |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Adriel Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-07-23 |
| Number of pages | 250 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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