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Book SynopsisA story of how Title IX revolutionized American sports. This book chronicles both the law's successes and failures - the exciting opportunities for women as well as the commercial and recruiting pressures of modern-day athletics. It provides the first history of the law's evolution since its passage in 1972.
Trade ReviewFinalist for the 2006 Billie Award in Journalism, Women's Sport Foundation Honorable Mention for the 2006 Myers Outstanding Book Award "[A] must-read for any sports historian or female athlete interested in how the opportunities she so freely enjoys came about."--Publishers Weekly "Ultimately a gripping story of Title IX's triumph."--Harvard Law Review "Finally, a lucid, thorough and non-polemical accounting of Title IX's origins, development, and impact. Welch Suggs traces the women's sports revolution back to its roots in physical education, details Title IX's origins in civil rights law, and explains why the law has proven to be so resistant to legal challenge. He doesn't flinch from taking stock of the law's regrettable consequences. All future discussion of college sports and gender equity will begin with this book."--Alexander Wolff, Sports Illustrated "Suggs provides brief histories of college sports, women's college sports administration, and civil rights legislation before wading into case law that Title IX begat. He makes sense of this convoluted, contentious journey through 2004 and fairly presents a range of feminist, conservative and libertarian viewpoints."--Library Journal "With A Place on the Team, Suggs has done a service to anyone who wants to understand the history of Title IX and the debates that continue to swirl around its implementation."--Michael A. Messner, Academe
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 CHAPTER 1: The Segregated History of College Sports 13 CHAPTER 2: A New Paradigm of Civil Rights 32 CHAPTER 3: Heroines as Well as Heroes 45 CHAPTER 4: College Sports and Civil Rights 66 CHAPTER 5: Legal and Logistical Challenges 81 CHAPTER 6: The First Generation 97 CHAPTER 7: A Watershed Moment 105 CHAPTER 8: Clarifications amid Controversy 125 CHAPTER 9: Sports before College 142 CHAPTER 10: The Wrestlers' Response 153 CHAPTER 11: The Tragedy 175 CHAPTER 12: Triumph? 188 Acknowledgments 197 APPENDIX A: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 201 APPENDIX B: Founding Members of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women 205 APENDIX C: Draft Regulations for Interscholastic and Intercollegiate Athletics (1974) 208 APPENDIX D: Final Regulations Concerning Title IX and Scholastic/Collegiate Sports (1975) 210 APPENDIX E: Proposed Policy Interpretation (1978) 212 APPENDIX F: Policy Interpretation: Title IX and Intercollegiate Athletics (1979) 220 APPENDIX G: The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 230 APPENDIX H: Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletic Policy Guidance: The Three-Part Test (1996) 232 APPENDIX I: Further Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletics POlicy Guidance Regarding Title IX Compliance (2003) 236 Notes 241 Bibliography 259 Landmark Title IX Lawsuits 267 Index 269
