How college athletics are hurting girls' sports
Subtitle: the pay-to-play pipeline
By: Rick Eckstein
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781442266285
Subjects: Women college athletes; Sports for children; College sports for women; Sports for girls; College sports
Description: "This book looks closely at college sports and how they shape the athletic and personal landscape for girls and young women. Filled with interview excerpts from women athletes of all ages, the book chronicles how college and youth sports have become more corporate, to the detriment of participants"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The female youth sports to college pipeline; title: Higher education and the youth sports to college pipeline; title: The commercialized youth sports to college pipeline; title: Creating demand for the youth sports to college pipeline; title: Female sports on male terms; title: Saving girls' youth sports by changing higher education; title: Appendix: The challenges of ethnography.