Playing With the Boys

Playing With the Boys
Author: Eileen McDonagh
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2007-10-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0199774927

Athletic contests help define what we mean in America by "success." By keeping women from "playing with the boys" on the false assumption that they are inherently inferior, society relegates them to second-class citizens. In this forcefully argued book, Eileen McDonagh and Laura Pappano show in vivid detail how women have been unfairly excluded from participating in sports on an equal footing with men. Using dozens of powerful examples--girls and women breaking through in football, ice hockey, wrestling, and baseball, to name just a few--the authors show that sex differences are not sufficient to warrant exclusion in most sports, that success entails more than brute strength, and that sex segregation in sports does not simply reflect sex differences, but actively constructs and reinforces stereotypes about sex differences. For instance, women's bodies give them a physiological advantage in endurance sports, yet many Olympic events have shorter races for women than men, thereby camouflaging rather than revealing women's strengths.

Legal Liability in Recreation and Sports

Legal Liability in Recreation and Sports
Author: Bruce B. Hronek
Publisher: Sagamore Publishing
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1997
Genre: Law
ISBN:

An informative resource written to help prevent the occurrence of accidents and property loss and to help counteract excessive legal claims. Expanded new edition includes updated charts and trends, over 30 new case studies, and teaching scenarios with questions for class discussion and application. In addition, included are new chapters on Adventure recreation, Sports and disabilities, Waivers, and Risk management and needs assessment.

Illinois Reports

Illinois Reports
Author: Illinois. Supreme Court
Publisher:
Total Pages: 780
Release: 1995
Genre: Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN:

Essentials of Sports Law

Essentials of Sports Law
Author: Glenn M. Wong
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 824
Release: 2010-08-18
Genre: Law
ISBN:

In this thoroughly revised Fourth Edition, Glenn Wong provides a comprehensive review of the various sports law issues facing professional, intercollegiate, Olympic, high school, youth, and adult recreational sports. Major topics include tort liability, contracts/waivers, antitrust law, labor law, constitutional law, gender discrimination, drug testing, intellectual property law, broadcasting laws pertaining to sports agents, business and employment law, Internet gambling, and athletes with disabilities. Significant additions here include new court decisions, agreements (contracts and collective bargaining agreements), and legislation (federal, state, association, and institutional rules and regulations). Discussions of legal concepts are supplemented with summaries and excerpts from hundreds of actual sports cases. Wong cites a variety of books, law review articles, newspaper articles, and Web links for those requiring further information on particular topics. This text-professional guide serves as an invaluable resource to those involved, or studying to become involved, in the vast industry of sports.