{"product_id":"a-place-on-the-team-the-triumph-and-tragedy-of-title-ix-9780691128856","title":"A Place on the Team: The Triumph and Tragedy of Title IX","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Place on the Team\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the chronicles of Pat Summitt, Anson Dorrance, and others who shaped women's sports, \u003ci\u003eA Place on the Team\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read not only for sports buffs but also for parents of every young woman who enters the arena of competitive sports.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Welch Suggs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.34h x 5.68w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691128856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelch Suggs\u003c\/b\u003e is associate director of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics and is also pursuing a Ph.D. in education policy at the University of Georgia. He is the former senior editor for athletics at the \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, and has written about sports for the \u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStreet \u0026amp; Smith's Sports Business Journal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41102512259187,"sku":"9.78069E+12","price":60.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_02bbf9e7-c093-4b43-bb68-1e6e1ac6843b.jpg?v=1700227399","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-place-on-the-team-the-triumph-and-tragedy-of-title-ix-9780691128856","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}