The Golden Football

David L. Hayward

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A fast-paced thriller involving never-ending greed and fame associated with college football resulted in tragedy for a college town.
The Golden Football
How Greed and Athletics Changed a College Town
After a hard day at work, Dr. James Conway, president of Western Montana College (WMC), settled into his favorite arm chair and opened the morning edition of the Missoulian. As he stared at the headlines, a shock wave of anger flowed through his body. It read: “WESTERN MONTANA TO JOIN THE SOUTH ALABAMA CONFERENCE.” His athletic department, primarily the football program, had unilaterally accepted a massive television deal worth millions to bolt from the Western Conference and join one two time zones away. He was the last to know. The writing was on the wall—he had lost control of his beloved college to big money interests and booster organizations. In a war of good versus evil (i.e., spiritual warfare), meet the main characters in this fast-pace saga:
Bo Jensen: fantastic running back for the Western Montana College Bears with a promising future in the NFL. Changes in NCAA regulations allowed him to prosper from the sale of a variety of items including ladies thongs.
Milton (Milty) Douglas, Esq.: senior partner at The Douglas Law Firm and former Bears football star. His practice was limited to defending “student-athletes” and fraternity/sorority members in their encounters with the law. Almost all the students on campus were familiar with the expression: “If you’re guilty, call Milty.”
Bob (“Rooster”) Jones: ill-mannered, corrupt, and abrasive billionaire; and financial supporter of Bears football and former player.
Queen Esther: Sigma Phi Beta sorority president, Madam of the sorority’s prostitution ring, and occasional student at WMC after her daily beauty treatments.
Jimbo (“The Bear”) Collins: unscrupulous head football coach for the Bears.
Mark and Hannah Anderson: pastors at Calvary Chapel, Missoula. They served as counter-weights to an immoral culture that was quickly sliding Missoula and the country into the sewer.
Jill Hansen: 20 year-old sophomore at WMC. Raised in a small farming community of Darby, Montana, she was the woman nearly every parent hoped their son would someday marry.

Sujets

• Fútbol
• College
• Football
• Greed
• Corruption
• Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: iUniverse
• Date de parution: 21 mars 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781663250841
• Langue: English

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THE GOLDEN FOOTBALL

HOW GREED AND ATHLETICS CHANGED A COLLEGE TOWN




DAVID L. HAYWARD







THEGOLDENFOOTBALL
HOW GREED AND ATHLETICS CHANGED A COLLEGE TOWN

Copyright © 2023 David L. Hayward.

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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.





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ISBN: 978-1-6632-5083-4 (sc)
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2023903546



iUniverse rev. date: 03/17/2023



OTHER PUBLICATIONS BY DAVID L. HAYWARD
Technical Materials
Introduction to Valuing Water Rights: An Economics Approach
(iUniverse, 2018)
Valuing a Water Utility, 4 rd edition
(Infinity Publishing Company, 2017)
Water Utility Costs, Values, Rates, and Subsidies: A Strategy for Regulatory Reform
(Infinity Publishing Company, 2012)
The Economic Value of Water Utility Services: A Survey of Theory, Methods, and Applications
(Infinity Publishing Company, 2009)
FinMod: A Valuation Model for Water Utilities
(Hayward Consulting Group, NAWC, 2005)
Valuing an Electric Utility: Theory and Application,
(Co-authored with Dr. Michael R. Schmidt,
Public Utilities Reports, Inc., 1999)
Valuing a Utility Company: What You Absolutely Need to Know
(National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts and Hayward Consulting Group, 1998)

Novels
Water Fraud, Paradise Water Company
A Tale of Greed, Self-Dealing, and the Russians
(iUniverse, Inc., 2006 )



ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David L. Hayward lives in Leucadia, California with his golden retriever, Siri, who has the correct answer to every question. “Hey Siri…”
David holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in economics from the University of Utah.
He is a principal for Hayward Consulting Group, a firm specializing in valuation, policy, finance, and economic issues related to public utilities. www.haywardconsultinggroup.com .




CONTENTS
Author’s Note
Cast Of Characters
Acronyms
PART ONE
Chapter 1
See Bo. See Bo Run
Bo Sells Thongs
Bo’s Injury and Exam
Chapter 2
A Booster Named Rooster
Free Grades
PART TWO
Chapter 3
Coach Collins Searches for Bo
Jim Jenkins the Bounty Hunter
Coach Collins Closes the Sale
Bo’s First Press Conference
Chapter 4
Thirsty Thursday
Coeds are Warned
Chapter 5
Pastors Hannah and Mark
Mark and Bo Meet
Chapter 6
Bo Becomes a Phi Alpha
Phi Alpha Dream Girl
Bo Fits Right In
Chapter 7
If You’re Guilty Call Milty
Pay the Fiddler
Bo Goes Shopping
Chapter 8
Prime Time
South Alabama Conference
Chapter 9
Sorority Girls
Sigma Phi Beta Sorority
Queen Esther
Chapter 10
Hostess with the Mostess
Chapter 11
The Accidental Student
What’s Your Major?
The Parallel Universe
Chapter 12
Dr. James Conway
Dr. Conway Meets Bo
Chapter 13
Homecoming
Game Day
Chapter 14
Tragedy Rocks Missoula
Hannah Becomes Concerned
The Investigation Begins
Chapter 15
The Real Bo Jensen
Chapter 16
Milty and Coach Strategize
Queen Esther Goes Missing
Chapter 17
Where’s Queen Esther?
Chapter 18
Justice Montana Style
CHAPTER 19
A Payroll to Meet
The Money Carousel
SMU’s Mistakes
PART THREE
Chapter 20
Death Penalty I
Death Penalty II
Death Penalty III
Chapter 21
Where are They Now?

Epilogue
Chronology Of Events
Appendix
I. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
A. Objective and History
B. Key Features
C. Infractions and Enforcement
D. Eligibility Issues
E. NIL and Transfer Portal
F. Key Studies, Reports, and Independent Groups
G. Academic Metrics
H. Financial Issues
I. Other Issues
II. The NCAA Cartel
III. The Amateur Myth
IV. Student-Athletes or Athlete-Students?
A. Overview
B. Academic Advisors
C. Academic Majors
D. Football Players Biographies
E. Special Admits
F. Paper Classes and Independent Study

Suggested Readings



AUTHOR ’ S NOTE
The genesis for the book came in 2015 when I was a consultant and expert witness in a lawsuit involving a water utility in Missoula, Montana. During the summer and fall of that year I had the opportunity to travel several times from my home in Leucadia, California to Missoula. I fell in love with the place. It reminded me of what Salt Lake City, my hometown, must have looked like in the 1940s and 1950s. There are numerous similarities including the block “U” on a mountain north of the University of Utah and the “M” on Mount Sentinel at the University of Montana. Let me be very clear, I created a fictious college “Western Montana College (WMC)” to avoid any reference to the University of Montana. Similarly, the existence and locations of various fraternities, sororities, law firms, resorts, businesses, and booster organizations are also fictious.
Also during 2015, I read Jon Krakauer’s book, Missoula. I found the book to be extremely interesting and well written. The book focused almost exclusively on the issue of rape involving members of the University of Montana football team and was well documented. However, I found the true stories in the book to be unbelievably sad. Like a puzzle, I took actual events of rape and fraudulent college football activities from around the U.S. and pieced them together to form this story.
I made frequent trips from the Doubletree Hotel to various law offices and the Missoula County Courthouse. As such, I became quite familiar with the town and used restaurants, bars, places of business in the novel to make my story more realistic and believable. In the years following my assignment, I returned to Missoula once or twice each year to fly fish. In July 2021, I caught a 26 inch “Bull Trout” in the Big Blackfoot River. It was categorized as an endangered species and I quickly released it into the water.
The overarching theme of this book involves the battle of good versus evil. I think of it as spiritual warfare. The book is written as a novel yet has many factual elements. I also love college football and find it fascinating particularly from a business and economics perspective. The book marries the contemporary problems of rape and drunkenness on college campuses together with the greed associated with college football. To make the story understandable, one should be familiar with some of the current issues involving college athletics. The Appendix, dispels the myth of amateurism of college football and describes how the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is organized and contemporary issues facing college football. A college and the media labels students involved in college athletics as “student-athletes” when in reality, the label “athlete-students” is more applicable. When a college football coach could earn $95.6 million in a buy-out provision of his contract, college football is light years away from amateurism.
For more background from an academic perspective I recommend the books by Zimbalist and Thomason. For more of an entertainment slant, I recommend the ESPN 30 for 30 films, particularly Pony Express .
Finally, normally a senior pastor at a Calvary Chapel church wouldn’t be a woman nor would she be in a teaching role.



CAST OF CHARACTERS
Coaches and Players
• Bo Jensen: star halfback for the Western Montana College Bears
• Jimbo “The Bear” Collins: head football coach for the Bears
College Officials and Instructors
• Dr. James Conway: president of Western Montana College
• Carlos Sanchez: psychology professor
• Terry Thompson: Carlos’ teaching assistant
• Susan Owens: coach Collins secretary and Bo’s academic advisor
• Mary Schmidt: legal counsel for Western Montana College
• Willie Smith: Western Montana College athletic director
Football Boosters
• Milton (Milty) Douglas, Esq.: senior partner of The Douglas Law Firm
• Bob “Rooster” Jones: president and CEO of Imagination Corp.
• Dave Daws: owner of Paws Down Resort
Students
• Jill Hansen: sophomore at Western Montana College
• Lisa: sophomore, member of the Bears’ cheer squad, member of Sigma Phi Beta sorority
• Ginger: sophomore, member of the Bears’ cheer squad, member of Sigma Phi Beta sorority
• Jennifer Swift: Phi Alpha fraternity dream girl
• Julie “Queen Esther” Daws: daughter of Dave Daws, senior at Western Montana College and president