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PostPosted: 01/13/06 6:25 am    ::: 25 years ago, men bought in Reply Reply with quote
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/13614038.htm
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After a heated debate in Miami, the NCAA membership voted, 137-117, to sponsor women's championships. It was a move that legendary Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt called "the biggest boost that we'd had at that point in time in our game."



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The structure of the AIAW was different from the NCAA. Rules were looser concerning the recruitment of high school athletes. Once in college, players could transfer from one school to another without sitting out of competition for a year. The focus was on making female athletes successful, on the playing field and in the classroom.

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/13614038.htm


At last year's Final Four, Baylor's coach had a foot in both eras. (LaTech won the AIAW championship in 1981 and the NCAA championship in 1982, both times with Kim Mulkey starting at point guard.)

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As part of Louisiana Tech's "adopted family" program, the Tutens were assigned to Kim Mulkey.

"The original idea for the program was just to have a place for the girls to disappear to study, to go do laundry, and every once in a while invite them out to eat," said Tuten, who traveled to Kansas City for the Big 12 Tournament. "But we just sort of fell in love with Kim, and she jelled with our family. She was like our third daughter."

On game days, more often than not, it was Tuten who braided Kim's hair.

http://www.wacotrib.com/sports/content/sports/baylor/lady_bears/stories/mulkey.html

The AIAW stressed participation, while the NCAA promotes competition. It's a shame we can't have a combination of both approaches to women's sports.
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PostPosted: 01/13/06 11:32 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Kinda gives some insight as to why the NCAA ignores AIAW history in its records. Just like in ancient times, when one ruler depose another, he made sure the name of the deposed ruler was scratched out of all records. That, in turn, kinda gives some insight into the NCAA's mind-set.



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PostPosted: 01/14/06 12:20 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
posted this already but, IIRC the NCAA fought the passage of Title IX.

also, i believe when the NCAA took over, the revised eligibilty rules helped kill olde tyme aau -- college players couldn't play (Annie Meyers, for instance, won 3 AAU championships, 1977-79)



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