Reversing field : examining commercialization, labor, gender, and race in 21st-century sports law / / edited by andré douglas pond cummings & Anne Marie Lofaso [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Morgantown, : West Virginia University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 419 p. )
• Disciplina: 344.73/099
• Soggetto topico: Sports - Law and legislation - United States
• Altri autori: CummingsAndre Douglas Pond LofasoAnne Marie
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: More lightning and less thunder: the challenge for NCAA athletics / Bernard Franklin -- The value and perils of intercollegiate athletics : a presidential perspective / David C. Hardesty, Jr. -- Exploring the commercialized arms race metaphor / Alfred Mathewson -- Describing racism as asymmetrical market imperfections, or how to determine whether the NBA dress code is racist / Andre L. Smith -- Athletes as television celebrities : why we watch; how they benefit; must they be responsible? / Sherri Burr -- Balls or strikes : are economic weapons finding the zone? Introduction / Jeffrey Hirsch -- The 1994-'95 baseball strike and National Labor Relations Board : to the precipice and back again / William B. Gould, IV -- 1994 baseball players' strike : a case study in labor's use of its most effective economic weapon / Dennis P. Walsh -- The state of sports law and policy : views from a labor law professor / William B. Gould, IV. ; False/positives : debating the merits of drug testing. Introduction / Anne Marie Lofaso -- The temptation of performance-enhancing drugs / andré douglas pond cummings -- Performance-enhancing drugs and how they affect today's athlete : views from a medical doctor / Dr. Julian Bailes -- From Barry Bonds to USADA : protecting the interests of 'drug-free' athletes / Timothy Davis -- Challenging the premise of steroid testing in sports / David Cornwell, Sr. -- The invisible pregnant athlete & the promise of Title IX / Deborah Brake -- Title IX backlash and intercollegiate athletics / Barbara Osborne -- Reflections of a former athlete as a young woman : growing up under Title IX / Anne Marie Lofaso -- Girls can play, too : has the lack of female leadership in NCAA athletics become an afterthought? / Bethany Swaton -- Race in sports : the continuing dilemma / Leonard J. Elmore -- Racing from the past : exposing racism in today's collegiate athletics. Introduction / andré douglas pond cummings. ; The legacy of Brown : commodification of the African American student-athlete? / Dana D. Brooks and Ronald Althouse -- Using social psychology to evaluate race and law in sports / Michael McCann -- From the inside looking out : racism in men's collegiate coaching / Marlon LeBlanc -- Progress realized? : the continuing American Indian mascot quandary / andré douglas pond cummings -- Professional equality : the Rooney Rule. Introduction / Todd J. Clark -- Minorities are separate and unequal : a look at the minority hiring practices in collegiate and professional athletics / Floyd Keith -- The changing landscape of African Americans in sports / Kenneth Shropshire -- The critical role of the Fritz Pollard Alliance / Cyrus Mehri -- The Fritz Pollard Alliance, the Rooney Rule, and the quest to "level the playing field" in the National Football League / N. Jeremi Duru -- Pushing weight / andré douglas pond cummings.
• Titolo autorizzato: Reversing field
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779196503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II