Ithaca College Professor Ellen Staurowsky is an internationally recognized expert on social justice issues in college sports. In this episode, Professor Staurowsky discusses the history of women’s college sports, gender equity, Title IX’s impact, the Kaplan Gender Equity Assessment, Myles Brand’s “collegiate model,” athlete compensation, and athlete representation. Connecting past and present, Professor Staurowsky offers a candid assessment of the current state of college sports and the challenges athletes face to influence its future.

00:00 Professor Staurowsky introduction

04:07 History of Women's Sports and the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW)

09:20 Resistance to Title IX by male-dominated college sports power structures in the early 1970s

17:25 NCAA's use of Title IX and gender equity in Congress to stall college sports reform for all athletes

22:36 Women's basketball and the Kaplan Gender Equity Assessment

27:17 Progress in hiring women in leadership positions

33:07 Demise of the AIAW and its implications for women’s autonomy in college sports

36:56 The "Collegiate Model" and its implications for the business of college sports

48:43 Presidential leadership and the principle of institutional control

52:24 Thoughts on the future of college sports

59:00 Dr. Staurowsky's new book (co-author): "The NCAA and The Exploitation of College Profit-Athletes: An Amateurism That Never Was"

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