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Reversing field : examining commercialization, labor, gender, and race in 21st-century sports law / edited by andré douglas pond cummings & Anne Marie Lofaso.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Law and legislation--United States.
- Sports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 419 p. )
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- Reversing Field invites students, professionals, and enthusiasts of sport--whether law, management and marketing, or the game itself--to explore the legal issues and regulations surrounding collegiate and professional athletics in the United States.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 793341735
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