The growth of collegiate sports in higher education began with a social development between the years of 1890 and 1910 when the American public became fascinated with undergraduate life, according to Thelin. This period was birthed due to the prevalence of Photojournalism and Campus Imagery. Feature articles in nationally circulated magazines gave the public a glimpse inside college walls. Journalists acted as interpreters to the customs and vocabulary of institutions. Audiences in the late 1800’s and the turn of the century became fascinated with the institution 's claims of uniqueness. Birthed from the desire to stand out the period between 1890 and 1910 saw colleges adopt institutional colors and mascots whose attributes personified its athletic teams. Often times the team 's name invoked “state and regional pride names such as The Ohio State Buckeyes” or the Ole Miss Rebels” (Thelin –H 159). In addition to devising mascots students and recent graduates wrote alma maters and college hymns.
Varsity sports flourished as visible and valued components under what was considered the “collegiate ideal”(Thelin-H 177) goes on to say this ideal emphasized both character and teamwork. Intercollegiate athletics was a source of enjoyment and …show more content…
Women at that time were ascending in college sports and this legislation called for the termination of discrimination in college athletics in terms of gender. The legislation faced harsh resistance from the NCAA and the male athletic directors across the nation as athletic departments were not only mandated to include women’s sports but it was also the athletic department 's responsibility to fund them. The college 's responses to the legislation were to make token gestures at compliance which led to litigation by dissatisfied women 's groups coming to a head in 1997 Brown V. Cohen requiring colleges to show statistical evidence of
Varsity sports flourished as visible and valued components under what was considered the “collegiate ideal”(Thelin-H 177) goes on to say this ideal emphasized both character and teamwork. Intercollegiate athletics was a source of enjoyment and …show more content…
Women at that time were ascending in college sports and this legislation called for the termination of discrimination in college athletics in terms of gender. The legislation faced harsh resistance from the NCAA and the male athletic directors across the nation as athletic departments were not only mandated to include women’s sports but it was also the athletic department 's responsibility to fund them. The college 's responses to the legislation were to make token gestures at compliance which led to litigation by dissatisfied women 's groups coming to a head in 1997 Brown V. Cohen requiring colleges to show statistical evidence of