Full Court Press (eBook)

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

Bill Haltom, Amanda Swanson (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024 | 1
168 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
978-1-62190-436-6 (ISBN)

Infos

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 halfdefenders 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 changein 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.1.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Arbeitsrecht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Schlagworte: athletic equality movements • basketball rule changes • evolution of basketball rules • groundbreaking Title IX cases • history of women’s basketball rules • legal battles in sports • Oak Ridge basketball • Pat Summitt legacy • Pat Summitt testimony • six-on-six basketball • sports and social change • sports gender equality • Tennessee high school athletics • Tennessee Lady Volunteers • Tennessee sports history • Tennessee women’s basketball milestones • Title IX impact • TSSAA lawsuit • Victoria Cape • women athletes advocacy • women’s basketball history • women’s equality in sports • women’s rights movement • women’s sports legal history • women’s sports reform
• ISBN-10: 1-62190-436-9 / 1621904369
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62190-436-6 / 9781621904366