Full Court Press : How Pat Summitt, A High School Basketball Player, and a Legal Team Changed the Game

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bill Haltom

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Summitt, Pat, 1952-2016.

Summitt, Pat.

Cape, Victoria Anne--Trials, litigation, etc.

Cape, Victoria Anne.

United States. Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX.

United States.

Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association--Trials, litigation, etc.

Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association.

Education Amendments of 1972 (United States).

Trials.

Sex discrimination in sports.

Basketball.

Actions and defenses.

Basketball--Tennessee--History.

Trials--Tennessee.

Actions and defenses--Tennessee.

Sex discrimination in sports--United States--History.

Tennessee.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Biographies

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 pages): illustrations ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lightning Source Inc. (Tier 3) 2024

Summary:

When Victoria Cape moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in the early 1970s, she had no idea that her desire to play basketball would change the game for women and the sport in Tennessee. Encouraged to sign up for basketball by her athletic father, Victoria was in for a shock: the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association endorsed an entirely different form of the game for high school women than the version of basketball commonly played around the country. Women played six-on-six basketball, in which offensive players stayed on one half of the court, and defensive players on the other half--defenders could spend their entire careers without taking a shot. Victoria Cape sued the TSSAA, and her lawsuit paved the way for women to play basketball by the same rules as men and served as an early test case of groundbreaking Title IX legislation. Further adding to the case's history-making precis was the presence of a young Pat Summitt, recently elevated to head coach of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers, who bravely testified on behalf of Cape during the lawsuit. Full Court Press is a valuable addition to research on how individual initiative can bring about social change--in Tennessee, in the sporting world, and as a part of the broader struggle for women's equality. Written in a lighthearted and inspiring style, this book is a must-read for anyone fascinated by the many achievements of Pat Summitt, Tennessee women's basketball, or women's sports history in general. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The game

The law

The non-shooting guard

The coach

The lawyers

The lawsuit

The judge

The trial begins

Xs and Os

The new expert

The shot heard round the state

Overtime

Health, education, welfare, and basketball

The coach draws a line.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-145) and index.

ISBN:

1-62190-436-9

1-62190-437-7

OCLC:

1498869062