{"product_id":"lessons-of-the-game-the-betrayal-of-an-all-american-football-star","title":"Lessons of the Game: The Betrayal of an All-American Football Star","description":"Payoffs (under the table cash), grade tampering , eligibility scandals, illegal recruitment tactics, lies, deception and immorality are all a continuous part of this real life story.\nIt shows the twisted nature of coaches, administrators, and family, hell-bent on winning while ambivalent to the academic and personal development of the student athlete.\nDerek Sparks shows us what it takes to keep a dream alive, in this story of his transfer to four different high schools in four different years. He faces the challenges of loneliness, temptation, ostracism, while living in a gang-land enviroment. He also fights a desperate battle to prove his eligibility, while protecting his scholarship offers, and acheive qualifying SAT scores even after an insidious vow from his coaches: \"YOU'LL NEVER PLAY ORGANIZED FOOTBALL AGAIN!\"\nDerek's story delivers a message to today's students seeking a future in athletics, or to the average student seeking a future in life. It tells of the wisdom and maturity a 21st century student must have to steer their way through a maze of manipulators and opportunists.\nThrough his mistakes and his successes, Derek conveys his testimony with a vision of a better way. END\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0967147115\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0967147115.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Sparks, Derek\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43873909538877,"sku":"BVV.0967147115.VG","price":20.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0967147115-0.jpg?v=1792704990","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/lessons-of-the-game-the-betrayal-of-an-all-american-football-star","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}