How College Athletics Are Hurting Girls'' Sports - The Pay-To-Play Pipeline

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.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter One: The Female Youth Sports to College Pipeline
Chapter Two: Higher Education and the Youth Sports to College Pipeline
Chapter Three: The Commercialized Youth Sports to College Pipeline
Chapter Four: Creating Demand for the Youth Sports to College Pipeline
Chapter Five: Female Sports on Male Terms
Chapter Six: Saving Girls' Youth Sports by Changing Higher Education
Appendix: The Challenges of Ethnography

About the author

By Rick Eckstein

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Rick Eckstein, Eckstein Rick
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.05.2017
• EAN: 9781442266285
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-6628-5
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SPORTS & RECREATION / Track & Field, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sociology: sport and leisure, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Track & Field Sports, Athletics, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects, Track and field sports, athletics