Buying In: Big-Time Women's College Basketball and the Future of College Sports

Buying In: Big-Time Womens College Basketball and the Future of College Sports explores the rise of womens college sports and the challenges they face, using positive psychology to create a new framework called "positive anthropology." It highlights the accomplishments of womens college basketball teams and addresses issues such as exploitation and pay-for-play, offering insights into the future of big-time college sports and higher education.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 396 pages
Publication date: 21 March 2022
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Big-Time Womens College Basketball and the Future of College Sports explores the remarkable growth of womens college sports alongside the historical shifts that paved the way for contemporary big-time college sports. Drawing upon positive psychology, Aaron Miller introduces a novel framework called "positive anthropology," which sheds light on the remarkable achievements of womens college basketball teams. Through this lens, he addresses critical issues such as college athlete exploitation, pay-for-play, and the broader challenges impacting both womens and mens teams, often excluding womens teams from the mainstream discourse.

This comprehensive book, enriched with insights from various scholarly domains within the humanistic social sciences, holds particular appeal to scholars, researchers, and educators specializing in sports studies, gender studies, education, sociology, history, and anthropology. It also resonates with anyone passionate about the future of big-time college sports and higher education.

At its core, this book poses and provides thoughtful answers to the pressing question: "How can scholars contribute to envisioning a more promising future for all college athletes, irrespective of their gender?" By delving into these critical topics, Big-Time Womens College Basketball and the Future of College Sports offers valuable insights and perspectives that will shape our understanding of college sports and their impact on athletes, institutions, and society as a whole.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538166437