{"product_id":"invisible-seasons-kelly-belanger-9780815634843","title":"Invisible Seasons: Title IX and the Fight for Equity in College Sports","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1979, a group of women athletes at Michigan State University, their civil rights attorney, the institution's Title IX coordinator, and a close circle of college students used the law to confront a powerful institution--their own university. By the mid-1970s, opposition from the NCAA had made intercollegiate athletics the most controversial part of Title IX, the 1972 federal law prohibiting discrimi nation in all federally funded education programs and activities. At the same time, some of the most motivated, highly skilled women athletes in colleges and universities could no longer tolerate the long-standing differences between men's and women's separate but obviously unequal sports programs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eInvisible Seasons\u003c\/i\u003e, Belanger recalls the remarkable story of how the MSU women athletes helped change the landscape of higher education athletics. They learned the hard way that even groundbreaking civil rights laws are not self-executing. This behind-the-scenes look at a university sports program challenges us all to think about what it really means to put equality into practice, especially in the money-driven world of college sports.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelly Belanger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815634846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815634843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2017","brand":"Kelly Belanger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120331649279,"sku":"9780815634843","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d6666cf-7274-4cc4-8bb2-fb9de4e8727b.jpg?v=1687413761","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/invisible-seasons-kelly-belanger-9780815634843","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}