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NCAA Concerned About Legality Of Its Exclusion of Women.

Authors :
Sievert, William A.
Source :
Chronicle of Higher Education; 1/17/1972, Vol. 6 Issue 15, p1-4, 2p
Publication Year :
1972

Abstract

The article reports on National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) executive director Walter Byers' concern about the possibility of a legal case owing to the organization's exclusion of women from its intecollegiate athletic programs. Byers' expressed this fear after consulting with legal counsel George Gangwere. The NCAA, however, may have been spared the trouble by the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) which had started recruiting with the aim of becoming the female counterpart of the NCAA.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00095982
Volume :
6
Issue :
15
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Chronicle of Higher Education
Publication Type :
News
Accession number :
22072069