WHAT IF THEY WERE RIGHT? TITLE IX AND THE AIAW’S PHILOSOPHY OF COACHING AND ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION.

When Title IX was first signed into law in the United States in 1972, its intended purpose was to guarantee equal opportunity for women in educational settings. In collegiate athletics Title IX quickly became a battle ground. It became a battle ground over how to increase the number of female collegiate athletes without impacting men’s programs, and also a battle ground over who would have primary responsibility for the administration of women’s sports. When the male-dominated NCAA took over the administration of women’s varsity teams after a 10-year battle with the female-led AIAW, female athletic administrators were forced to relinquish their authority over long-held ideals which governed women’s sports. The AIAW and other leaders in women’s collegiate athletics didn’t go down without a fight, and many expressed grave concern for the direction of women’s athletics under the leadership of men. Now, more than 40 years after the implementation of Title IX, after dramatic increases have been realized in the number of women competing on collegiate sports teams across the US, what if those fears have been realized? Are women’s sports and female athletes better now that they have been forced to adopt the male model of collegiate competition, or would

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Health and Kinesiology

Year

2015

Author dc:creator

• Russell, Robert Scott

Contributors dc:contributor

• William A Harper
• Bonnie Blankenship
• David Klenosky
• Thomas Templin

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1428

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2644