Unsportsmanlike conduct : college football and the politics of rape / Jessica Luther.
2016
LB2345.3.R37 L88 2016eb
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Title
Unsportsmanlike conduct : college football and the politics of rape / Jessica Luther.
Author
Luther, Jessica, author.
ISBN
9781617755217 (electronic book)
1617755214 (electronic book)
9781617754913 (paperback)
1617754919 (paperback)
1617755214 (electronic book)
9781617754913 (paperback)
1617754919 (paperback)
Published
[Brooklyn, New York] : Edge Of Sports : Akashic Books, [2016]
Copyright
©2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (247 pages)
Call Number
LB2345.3.R37 L88 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.332/63
Summary
A meticulously researched and powerful exposé on the epidemic of cover-up that surrounds sexual assault and college football players.
"The latest from Akashic's Edge of Sports imprint. Football teams create playbooks, in which they draw up the plays they will use on the field. Playbooks are how teams work and why they win. This book is about a different kind of playbook: the one coaches, teams, universities, police, communities, the media, and fans seem to follow whenever a college football player is accused of sexual assault. It's a deep dive into how different institutions--the NCAA, athletic departments, universities, the media--run the same plays over and over again when these stories break. If everyone runs his play well, scrutiny dies down quickly, no institution ever has to change how it operates, and the evaporation of these cases into nothingness looks natural. In short, this playbook is why nothing ever changes. Unsportsmanlike Conduct unpacks this societal playbook piece by piece, and not only advocates that we destroy the old plays, but also suggests we replace them with ones that will force us to finally do something about this issue"--Provided by publisher.
"The latest from Akashic's Edge of Sports imprint. Football teams create playbooks, in which they draw up the plays they will use on the field. Playbooks are how teams work and why they win. This book is about a different kind of playbook: the one coaches, teams, universities, police, communities, the media, and fans seem to follow whenever a college football player is accused of sexual assault. It's a deep dive into how different institutions--the NCAA, athletic departments, universities, the media--run the same plays over and over again when these stories break. If everyone runs his play well, scrutiny dies down quickly, no institution ever has to change how it operates, and the evaporation of these cases into nothingness looks natural. In short, this playbook is why nothing ever changes. Unsportsmanlike Conduct unpacks this societal playbook piece by piece, and not only advocates that we destroy the old plays, but also suggests we replace them with ones that will force us to finally do something about this issue"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-247).
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Table of Contents
Introduction: the playbook
The field
What the playbook doesn't show
Nothing to see here
The shrug
Moving on
Consent is cool; get some
Understand trauma
Go federal
Intervene, maybe
Follow the players
Be specific
Teach coaches to teach boys to be men
Clean it up
Fire people
Do anything
Do better
Calm down
Hire women
conclusion: change is possible.
The field
What the playbook doesn't show
Nothing to see here
The shrug
Moving on
Consent is cool; get some
Understand trauma
Go federal
Intervene, maybe
Follow the players
Be specific
Teach coaches to teach boys to be men
Clean it up
Fire people
Do anything
Do better
Calm down
Hire women
conclusion: change is possible.