A Place on the Team: The Triumph and Tragedy of Title IX (Princeton Paperbacks)

__A Place on the Team__ is the inside story of how Title IX revolutionized American sports. The federal law guaranteeing women's rights in education, Title IX opened gymnasiums and playing fields to millions of young women previously locked out. Journalist Welch Suggs 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. Enlivened with tales from Suggs's reportage, the book clears up the muddle of interpretation and opinion surrounding Title IX. It provides not only a lucid description of how courts and colleges have read (and misread) the law, but also compelling portraits of the people who made women's sports a vibrant feature of American life. What's more, the book provides the first history of the law's evolution since its passage in 1972. Suggs details thirty years of struggles for equal rights on the playing field. Schools dragged their feet, offering token efforts for women and girls, until the courts made it clear that women had to be treated on par with men. Those decisions set the stage for some of the most celebrated moments in sports, such as the Women's World Cup in soccer and the Women's Final Four in NCAA basketball. Title IX is not without its critics. Wrestlers and other male athletes say colleges have cut their teams to comply with the law, and Suggs tells their stories as well. With the chronicles of Pat Summitt, Anson Dorrance, and others who shaped women's sports, __A Place on the Team__ is a must-read not only for sports buffs but also for parents of every young woman who enters the arena of competitive sports.

title Ix Is Arguably One Of The Most Important Pieces Of Federal Legislation Affecting Higher Education In The Past Fifty Years. Welch Suggs's a Place On The Team Chronicles The History, Legal Interpretations, And Battles Surrounding Title Ix And Gender Equity In Intercollegiate Athletics. It Is An Exceptionally Well-written, Well-researched, And Balanced Book That Should Be Read By Anyone Interested In The Present And Future Of College Sports.--myles Brand, President, The National Collegiate Athletic Association

as Someone Who Has Coached Girls And Women At Many Different Levels, I've Seen The Ways That Title Ix Has Changed The Landscape Of Athletics. a Place On The Team Provides An Engrossing And Thorough Look At How This Legislation Has Affected And Continues To Shape Women's Sports.--sylvia Hatchell, Head Coach, University Of North Carolina Women's Basketball

a Place On The Team Is The Definitive Book On Title Ix And Will Be Required Reading For Every Person--certainly For Every Coach, Athletics Department Official, And University Administrator--interested In The Topic. Its Presentation Of The History Is Clear, Cogent, And Exhaustive.--murray Sperber, Indiana University

this Book Gathers In One Place All The Important Information On Historical, Philosophical And Legal Aspects Of Women's Sports. It Enlivens This With Interviews With The Major Players In The Field And With Real Life Stories That Bring The Major Issues Home To The Reader. What's More, It Recognizes The Difficulties Women's Sports Programs Will Continue To Face As The Cost Of Providing Intercollegiate Athletics Rises.--elsa Kircher Cole, General Counsel, National Collegiate Athletic Association

alexander Wolff - Sports Illustrated

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.

Contents......Page 6 Introduction......Page 12 CHAPTER 1 The Segregated History of College Sports......Page 24 CHAPTER 2 A New Paradigm of Civil Rights......Page 43 CHAPTER 3 Heroines as Well as Heroes......Page 56 CHAPTER 4 College Sports and Civil Rights......Page 77 CHAPTER 5 Legal and Logistical Challenges......Page 92 CHAPTER 6 The First Generation......Page 108 CHAPTER 7 A Watershed Moment......Page 116 CHAPTER 8 Clarifications amid Controversy......Page 136 CHAPTER 9 Sports before College......Page 153 CHAPTER 10 The Wrestlers’ Response......Page 164 CHAPTER 11 The Tragedy......Page 186 CHAPTER 12 Triumph?......Page 199 Acknowledgments......Page 208 Appendix A: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972......Page 212 Appendix B: Founding Members of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women......Page 216 Appendix C: Draft Regulations for Interscholastic and Intercollegiate Athletics (1974)......Page 219 Appendix D: Final Regulations Concerning Title IX and Scholastic–Collegiate Sports (1975)......Page 221 Appendix E: Proposed Policy Interpretation (1978)......Page 223 Appendix F: Policy Interpretation: Title IX and Intercollegiate Athletics (1979)......Page 231 Appendix G: The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987......Page 241 Appendix H: Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletic Policy Guidance: The Three-Part Test (1996)......Page 243 Appendix I: Further Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletics Policy Guidance Regarding Title IX Compliance (2003)......Page 247 Notes......Page 252 Bibliography......Page 270 Landmark Title I X Lawsuits......Page 278 B......Page 280 C......Page 281 E......Page 283 F......Page 284 I......Page 285 L......Page 286 N......Page 287 P......Page 288 R......Page 289 S......Page 290 U......Page 292 W......Page 293 Z......Page 294 "A Place on the Team is the inside story of how Title IX revolutionized American sports. The federal law guaranteeing women's rights in education, Title IX opened gymnasiums and playing fields to millions of young women previously locked out. Journalist Welch Suggs 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." "Enlivened with tales from Suggs's reportage, the book clears up the middle of interpretation and opinion surrounding. Title IX. It provides not only a lucid description of how courts and colleges have read (and misread) the law, but also compelling portraits of the people who made women's sports a vibrant feature of American life."--Jacket